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The Freedman by John Quincy Adams Ward in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 2020
The Freedman
1863, cast 1891
Object Details
Title: The Freedman
Artist: John Quincy Adams Ward (American, Urbana, Ohio 1830–1910 New York)
Date: 1863, cast 1891
Culture: American
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 19 1/2 x 14 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. (49.5 x 37.5 x 24.8 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Gift of Charles Anthony Lamb and Barea Lamb Seeley, in memory of their grandfather, Charles Rollinson Lamb, 1979
Accession Number: 1979.394
Ward’s depiction of a seminude African-American man was inspired by President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, issued on September 22, 1862. Contemporary appreciation for “The Freedman” arose from the desire for statuary that addressed current issues in straightforward terms rather than through allegories. The muscular figure was executed with remarkable attention to anatomical accuracy. The broken manacles on the former enslaved man’s left wrist and in his right hand offer a succinct commentary on the chief political and moral topic of the era and clearly proclaim Ward’s abolitionist sentiments.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/13134
1863, cast 1891
Object Details
Title: The Freedman
Artist: John Quincy Adams Ward (American, Urbana, Ohio 1830–1910 New York)
Date: 1863, cast 1891
Culture: American
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 19 1/2 x 14 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. (49.5 x 37.5 x 24.8 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Gift of Charles Anthony Lamb and Barea Lamb Seeley, in memory of their grandfather, Charles Rollinson Lamb, 1979
Accession Number: 1979.394
Ward’s depiction of a seminude African-American man was inspired by President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, issued on September 22, 1862. Contemporary appreciation for “The Freedman” arose from the desire for statuary that addressed current issues in straightforward terms rather than through allegories. The muscular figure was executed with remarkable attention to anatomical accuracy. The broken manacles on the former enslaved man’s left wrist and in his right hand offer a succinct commentary on the chief political and moral topic of the era and clearly proclaim Ward’s abolitionist sentiments.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/13134
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