Ball, Thomas

▪ American sculptor

born June 3, 1819, Charlestown, Mass., U.S.

died Dec. 11, 1911, Montclair, N.J.

      sculptor whose work had a marked influence on monumental art in the United States, especially in New England.

      Ball began his career as a wood engraver and miniaturist. An accomplished musician, he fashioned many early cabinet busts of musicians. Among his best-known works are an equestrian statue of George Washington (Public Garden, Boston) and the Lincoln “Emancipation” group (Washington, D.C.). He published his autobiography, My Threescore Years and Ten, in 1891.

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