INDIAN HUNTER STATUE IN NEW YORK.


The Fund for the Purchase of J.Q.A. Ward's Bronze Statue of The Indian Hunter to be Presented to the Central Park of the City of New York. [New York: 1866.] Printed handbill, 204 x 138 mm. Lower third accomplished in manuscript with canceled revenue stamp.John Quincy Adams Ward displayed a full size plaster model of his statue of "The Indian Hunter," a native American hunting with bow & arrow and dog, in 1865; a group of notable New Yorkers were inspired to raise a subscription to finance the cost of casting. The present handbill also functions as a receipt for a $50 donation to the fund made by C.G. Havens (probably Charles G. Havens, 1808-1888, a prominent New York attorney and art collector), in May of 1866.