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Ball (THOMAS an American sculptor)

THOMAS, an American sculptor, born in Charlestown, Mass., June 3, 1819; studied in Italy; was engaged in painting in 1840-1852; adopted sculpture exclusively in 1851; resided in Florence, Italy, in 1865-1897, and afterward in Montclair, N. J. His best known works are the equestrian statue of Washington, in Boston; the Webster statue in Central Park, New York; the Washington Monument in Methuen, Mass.; and "Emancipation," in Washington, D. C. He published "My Three Score Years and Ten, an Autobiography" (1891); "History of American Sculpture" (1903). He died in Montclair, N. J., in 1911.

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