William Ordway Partridge

For other people named William Partridge, see William Partridge (disambiguation).
William Ordway Partridge
Born(1861-04-11)April 11, 1861
Paris, France
DiedMay 22, 1930(1930-05-22) (aged 69)
New York City, US
EducationAdelphi Academy (Brooklyn)
Columbia University
private study under Fortunato Galli, Antonin Mercié, William-Adolphe Bouguereau & Pio Welonski
Known forsculptures, busts, bas reliefs
Notable workWilliam Shakespeare (1894)
Equestrian statue of General Ulysses S. Grant (1896)
Pietà (1906)
Pocahontas (1907)
Spouse(s)1. Augusta Merriam[1]
(married 1887; divorced 1904)
2. Margaret Ridgely Schott[1] (married 1905; to his death)

William Ordway Partridge (April 11, 1861 – May 22, 1930) was an American sculptor, teacher and author. Among his best-known works are the Shakespeare Monument in Chicago, the equestrian statue of General Grant in Brooklyn, the Pietà at St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan, and the Pocahontas statue in Jamestown, Virginia.

  1. ^ a b "William Ordway Partridge," in Susan James-Gadzinski and Mary Mullen Cunningham, American Sculpture in the Museum of Fine Art of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1997), pp. 116-118.