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*William Shakespeare*
William Shakespeare
	The sculpture in 2009
Artist	John Quincy Adams Ward
Year	1870
Type	Sculpture
Medium	Bronze
Subject	William Shakespeare
Location	New York City, New York, United States
	40°46′11″N 73°58′21″W / 40.769834°N 73.972391°W

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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 on November 24, 1864, performed by the sons of Junius Brutus Booth (Junius Brutus Booth, Jr., Edwin Booth, and John Wilkes Booth) at the Winter Garden Theater.^[3]

Laying the cornerstone in 1864

References

^ "Central Park: William Shakespeare". New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Archived from the original on June 18, 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2014.
^ "William Shakespeare". Central Park Conservancy. Archived from the original on March 10, 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2014.
^ Roberts, Sam (Nov 25, 2014). "As Booth Brothers Held Forth, 1864 Confederate Plot Against New York Fizzled". New York Times. p. A23. Archived from the original on 25 November 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2014.

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[1] "Central Park: William Shakespeare". New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Archived from the original on June 18, 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2014.

[2] "William Shakespeare". Central Park Conservancy. Archived from the original on March 10, 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2014.

[3] Roberts, Sam (Nov 25, 2014). "As Booth Brothers Held Forth, 1864 Confederate Plot Against New York Fizzled". New York Times. p. A23. Archived from the original on 25 November 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2014.

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+'''''William Shakespeare''''' is an outdoor [[bronze sculpture]] of [[William Shakespeare]] by [[John Quincy Adams Ward]], located in [[Central Park]] in [[Manhattan]], [[New York (state)|New York]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/centralpark/monuments/1431|title=Central Park: William Shakespeare|access-date=June 14, 2014|publisher=[[New York City Department of Parks and Recreation]]|archive-date=June 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140618210716/http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/centralpark/monuments/1431|url-status=live}}</ref> The statue was created in 1870 and unveiled in Central Park in 1872.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.centralparknyc.org/things-to-see-and-do/attractions/william-shakespeare.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310220156/http://www.centralparknyc.org/things-to-see-and-do/attractions/william-shakespeare.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 10, 2014|title=William Shakespeare|access-date=June 14, 2014|publisher=[[Central Park Conservancy]]}}</ref> Four thousand dollars towards the funding of the statue was raised at a benefit performance of ''[[Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar]]'' on November 24, 1864, performed by the sons of [[Junius Brutus Booth]] ([[Junius Brutus Booth, Jr.]], [[Edwin Booth]], and [[John Wilkes Booth]]) at the [[Winter Garden Theatre (1850)#Julius Caesar and the burning of New York City|Winter Garden Theater]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Roberts|first1=Sam|title=As Booth Brothers Held Forth, 1864 Confederate Plot Against New York Fizzled|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/25/nyregion/as-booth-brothers-held-forth-1864-confederate-plot-against-new-york-fizzled.html|access-date=26 November 2014|work=New York Times|date=Nov 25, 2014|page=A23|archive-date=25 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141125135033/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/25/nyregion/as-booth-brothers-held-forth-1864-confederate-plot-against-new-york-fizzled.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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v t e John Quincy Adams Ward
Sculptures	Indian Hunter (1866) Ether Monument (1867) Matthew Perry Monument (1869) William Shakespeare (1870) General Israel Putnam (1874) Major General George Henry Thomas (1879) George Washington (1883) James A. Garfield Monument (1887) Lincoln Goodale Monument (1888) Henry Ward Beecher Monument (1891)
Related	Edgar Melville Ward (brother) William Ward (grandfather) John Q.A. Ward House National Sculpture Society