William Shakespeare (Ward)

William Shakespeare
The sculpture in 2009
Artist	John Quincy Adams Ward
Year	1870 (1870)
Type	Sculpture
Material	Bronze
Subject	William Shakespeare
Location	New York City, New York, United States

William Shakespeare is an outdoor bronze sculpture of William Shakespeare by John Quincy Adams Ward, located in Central Park in Manhattan, New York.^[1] The statue was created in 1870 and unveiled in Central Park in 1872.^[2] Four thousand dollars towards the funding of the statue was raised at a benefit performance of Julius Caesar performed by the sons of Junius Brutus Booth (Junius Brutus Booth, Jr., Edwin Booth, and John Wilkes Booth) at the Winter Garden Theater.^[3]

References

↑ "Central Park: William Shakespeare". New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Retrieved June 14, 2014.
↑ "William Shakespeare". Central Park Conservancy. Retrieved June 14, 2014.
↑ Roberts, Sam (Nov 25, 2014). "As Booth Brothers Held Forth, 1864 Confederate Plot Against New York Fizzled". New York Times (New York Times Company). p. A23. Retrieved 26 November 2014.

External links

Media related to William Shakespeare by John Quincy Adams Ward at Wikimedia Commons

Central Park

Features

Geographical features	Cedar Hill Cherry Hill Conservatory Garden Conservatory Water Great Lawn / Turtle Pond Harlem Meer Onassis Reservoir The Pond and Hallett Nature Sanctuary The Ramble and Lake Seneca Village Sheep Meadow

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Events

Neighboring features

Streets	Border Streets Fifth (East) North South West Transverses 66th 79th 85th 97th

Subway stations	Fifth Avenue – 59th Street 59th Street – Columbus Circle 72nd Street 81st Street 86th Street 96th Street 103rd Street Cathedral Parkway – 110th Street Central Park North – 110th Street

People and animals

Miscellaneous

Portraits, sculptures and memorials to William Shakespeare

Portraits

Chandos portrait
- attributed to John Taylor
Droeshout portrait
- Martin Droeshout

Disputed	Ashbourne portrait Cobbe portrait Flower portrait Sanders portrait

Sculptures

Shakespeare's funerary monument
- Gerard Johnson

Statues	Central Park, New York Leicester Square, London

Memorials

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