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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Ward, John Quincy Adams,     Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company,     Figure male -- Full length     Ethnic -- Indian     Animal -- Dog     Occupation -- Hunter     Object -- Weapon     Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Cooperstown     Sculpture

The Indian Hunter, (sculpture). Artist:  Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910, sculptor. Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company, founder. Title:  The Indian Hunter, (sculpture). Dates:  1866. Cast 1897. Dedicated May 28, 1898. Relocated Jan. 1940. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite boulder. Dimensions:  Sculpture: life size; Granite base: approx. H. 5 ft. 8 in. x Circum. 28 ft. Inscription:  (On top of bronze base, near right side:) REPLICA BY THE HENRY BONNARD BRONZE CO FOUNDERS N-Y . 1897. (On top of bronze base, near left side:) J.Q.A. WARD sculptor 1866 (On front surface of bronze base, left side:) J.Q.A. Ward/Sculptor signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  A young Native American man leaning forward holding his dog with his proper right hand and bow and arrow in his proper left hand. In his proper left hand he holds a bow and arrow. The sculpture is installed atop a large granite boulder. Subject:  Figure male -- Full length Ethnic -- Indian Animal -- Dog Occupation -- Hunter Object -- Weapon -- Bow and Arrow Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Cooperstown Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Village of Cooperstown, 22 Main Street, Cooperstown, New York 13326 Located Lakeside Park, Otsego Lake shore between Fair Street and Pioneer Street, Cooperstown, New York Remarks:  The sculpture, a gift of Alfred C. Clark, was originally located at Coopers Park, marking the site of James Fennimore Cooper's home, Otsego Hall. In Jan. 1940, the sculpture and base were moved to Lakefront Park to make way for a new sculpture of Cooper to be place in the same location. IAS files contain a condition assessment dated Nov. 9, 1986 from the State University College at Buffalo. References:  Sharp, Lewis I., "John Quincy Adams Ward Dean of American Sculpture," Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1985, no. 38.1. Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS 88180055   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 88180055 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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