Thomas Ball

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artist human painter sculptor

Thomas Ball was a 19th-century American sculptor and painter known for his public monuments and portrait statues, particularly of historical and political figures.

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
instanceOf artist →
human →
painter →
sculptor →
artisticMedium bronze →
marble →
oil paint →
centuryOfActivity 19th century →
countryOfBirth United States of America →
countryOfCitizenship United States of America →
fieldOfWork monumental art →
portrait sculpture →
public sculpture →
genre portrait sculpture →
public monument →
hasWorkInCollection Boston Public Garden →
Boston Public Library →
Central Park, New York City →
Mount Auburn Cemetery →
United States Capitol →
languageOfWorkOrName English →
movement 19th-century American sculpture →
notableFor 19th-century American public art commissions →
Emancipation Memorial depicting Abraham Lincoln and a freed slave →
portrait statues of political leaders →
public monuments of historical figures →
notableWork Abraham Lincoln portrait busts →
Charles Dickens statue →
Charles Sumner statue (Boston) →
Daniel Webster statue (Central Park, New York City) →
Edward Everett statue (Boston) →
Emancipation Memorial (Washington, D.C.) →
Equestrian statue of George Washington (Boston Public Garden) →
George Washington portrait busts →
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow bust →
Jenny Lind statue →
Josiah Quincy statue (Boston) →
P. T. Barnum statue (Bridgeport, Connecticut) →
Statue of Charles Anderson Dana (New York City) →
Statue of General Joseph Hooker (Boston) →
Statue of General Ulysses S. Grant (Galena, Illinois) →
Statue of Rufus Choate (Boston) →
William Lloyd Garrison statue (Boston) →
occupation painter →
sculptor →
singer →
placeOfBirth Boston, Massachusetts →
placeOfDeath United States of America →
workLocation Boston, Massachusetts →
Florence, Italy →
New York City →
Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Equestrian Statue of George Washington (Boston) →
creator
Ball →
hasNotableBearer
Daniel Chester French →
influencedBy
Equestrian Statue of George Washington (Boston) →
sculptor
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