BALL, Thomas (1819-1911) sculptor, painer.
Born Charlestown, Massachusetts, 3 June 1819.
Prepared four statues of Daniel Webster; painted
portraits and miniatures.
Died Montclair, New Jersey, 11 December 1911.
P L A Q U E S
1889 Sumner (Charles) Rectangular Plaque. . . . . Storer 2046
1903 Ball (Thomas) Self-Portrait . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Archives: Inventory of Am Sculpture . . IAS 76008831
S C U L P T U R E
1857 Allston (Washigon) Statuette . . . . . . . . .
Archives: Inventory of Am Sculpture . . IAS 76008846
A R C H I V E S
AAA Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, reels 4039, D8.
IAS Inventory of Aamerican Sculpture (online).
B I O G R A P I C A L R E F E R E N C E S
101 {1891} Ball (Thomas) My Threescore Years and Ten: An Autobiography.
London and NY: Garland Publishing (1976), 393 pp; Los Angeles:
TreCavell Press (1993).
BL {1906} A.L.A. Portrait Index, p 83.
D3 {1911} Benezit (1999 14ed), 1:682.
D5 {1915} Earle, p 30.
D8 {1926} Fielding, p 16, 439.
BA {1937} Who's Who In American Art: 1937 [1ed:491 obit].
B1 {1943} Who Was Who, p 51.
BE {1943} Webster's Biographical Dictionary, p 95.
BDAB{1946} Dictionary of American Biography, 1:1 p 552, by [E.G.N.] Edwin G. Nash.
A12 {1968} Craven, passim, (biblio) 731.
AEW {1976} Whitney Museum of Art (bio) p 258.
A29 {1982} Baigell, p 23.
A30 {1982} Soria, p 59-60.
D33 {1986} Opitz, p 42.
A42 {1993} Reynolds, p 121.
A44 {1996} Salmon, American Masters, p 18
BANB{1999} American National Biography, p 2:78-79, by Carolyn R. Lafever.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 1:191-192.
PA1 {1999} Schmidt, p 2:806.
D3a {2006} Benezit. Dictionary of Artists, 1:1043-1044.
N U M I S M A T I C R E F E R E N C E S
M10{1923} Storer (Massachusetts) 2046, p 267.
N41 {2009} Reed (Fred). Abraham
Born Charlestown, Massachusetts, 3 June 1819.
Prepared four statues of Daniel Webster; painted
portraits and miniatures.
Died Montclair, New Jersey, 11 December 1911.
P L A Q U E S
1889 Sumner (Charles) Rectangular Plaque. . . . . Storer 2046
1903 Ball (Thomas) Self-Portrait . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Archives: Inventory of Am Sculpture . . IAS 76008831
S C U L P T U R E
1857 Allston (Washigon) Statuette . . . . . . . . .
Archives: Inventory of Am Sculpture . . IAS 76008846
A R C H I V E S
AAA Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, reels 4039, D8.
IAS Inventory of Aamerican Sculpture (online).
B I O G R A P I C A L R E F E R E N C E S
101 {1891} Ball (Thomas) My Threescore Years and Ten: An Autobiography.
London and NY: Garland Publishing (1976), 393 pp; Los Angeles:
TreCavell Press (1993).
BL {1906} A.L.A. Portrait Index, p 83.
D3 {1911} Benezit (1999 14ed), 1:682.
D5 {1915} Earle, p 30.
D8 {1926} Fielding, p 16, 439.
BA {1937} Who's Who In American Art: 1937 [1ed:491 obit].
B1 {1943} Who Was Who, p 51.
BE {1943} Webster's Biographical Dictionary, p 95.
BDAB{1946} Dictionary of American Biography, 1:1 p 552, by [E.G.N.] Edwin G. Nash.
A12 {1968} Craven, passim, (biblio) 731.
AEW {1976} Whitney Museum of Art (bio) p 258.
A29 {1982} Baigell, p 23.
A30 {1982} Soria, p 59-60.
D33 {1986} Opitz, p 42.
A42 {1993} Reynolds, p 121.
A44 {1996} Salmon, American Masters, p 18
BANB{1999} American National Biography, p 2:78-79, by Carolyn R. Lafever.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 1:191-192.
PA1 {1999} Schmidt, p 2:806.
D3a {2006} Benezit. Dictionary of Artists, 1:1043-1044.
N U M I S M A T I C R E F E R E N C E S
M10{1923} Storer (Massachusetts) 2046, p 267.
N41 {2009} Reed (Fred). Abraham