JOURNAL ARTICLE

Artifact NY: Statues at War.

  • Published In: New York History, 2025, v. 106, n. 2. P. 269 1 of 3

  • Database: America: History and Life with Full Text 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Freund, Lawrence S. 3 of 3

Abstract

This article focuses on two Central Park statues in Manhattan—one commemorating William Shakespeare and the other honoring the New York Seventh Regiment’s Civil War casualties—both created by sculptor John Quincy Adams Ward and linked to the same model, Steele MacKaye. The Shakespeare statue, initiated in 1864 by New York’s theater community and funded in part by a benefit performance involving the Booth brothers, was unveiled in 1872. The Seventh Regiment memorial, featuring MacKaye in uniform as the model, was unveiled in 1874 to honor soldiers killed in the Civil War. The article also highlights the contrasting Civil War loyalties within the Booth family, notably John Wilkes Booth’s assassination of President Abraham Lincoln and Edwin Booth’s Union support. [Extracted from the article]

Additional Information

  • Source:New York History. 2025/12, Vol. 106, Issue 2, p269
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:History
  • Publication Date:2025
  • ISSN:0146-437X
  • DOI:10.1353/nyh.2025.a983871
  • Accession Number:192148210
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