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Thomas Ball

American sculptor

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Born:: June 3, 1819, Charlestown, Mass., U.S.

Died:: Dec. 11, 1911, Montclair, N.J. (aged 92)

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Thomas Ball (born June 3, 1819, Charlestown, Mass., U.S.—died Dec. 11, 1911, Montclair, N.J.) was a sculptor whose work had a marked influence on monumental art in the United States, especially in New England.

Thomas Ball: Saint John the Evangelist — Thomas Ball: Saint John the EvangelistSaint John the Evangelist, marble sculpture by Thomas Ball, 1875; in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. 119.1 × 44.5 × 48.9 cm.

Henry Clay — Henry ClayBronze statue of Henry Clay, modeled 1858 by Thomas Ball; in the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

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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