# John Quincy Adams Ward

**Henry Augustus Loop** (1831–1895)  
1863  
Oil on panel  
7 3/8 × 6 1/8 in. (18.7 × 15.6 cm)

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1992.407. [The museum's record](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/11448).

## About this work

Henry Augustus Loop painted this in 1863, aged 32. It is now at The Met in New York.

### How it was made

- **Oil on panel.** Oil paint on prepared wooden boards, usually oak in the north and poplar in Italy. The rigid, smooth surface suits fine detail and thin, glowing glazes.
- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

### [Henry Augustus Loop](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/henry-augustus-loop)

1831–1895

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Culture: American
- The artist was 32
- Real size: about 7½ × 6 in (19 × 16 cm). The original is small: even the 8 × 10 in print shows it larger than life.
- Century: 19th century
- Movement: [Realism](https://www.ochreeditions.com/movements/realism)
- Subjects: Men, Portraits
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/847.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/847/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/john-quincy-adams-ward-met-11448).