Adeline Pond Adams

On December 14, 1930, she was awarded a Special Medal of Honor by the National Sculpture Society. In 1947, she was the first recipient of the Society's Herbert Adams Memorial Medal.

• Birth Name — Adeline Valentine Pond • Born — October 24, 1859 • Birthplace — Boston, Massachusetts, US • Died — July 1, 1948 • Place of death — New York City, US • Spouse — Herbert Adams • Subject — art history fine art • Awards — Herbert Adams Memorial Medal Special Medal of Honor (National Sculpture Society)

Adeline Valentine Pond was born in Boston. She began her art studies at the Massachusetts Normal Art School in 1880. • Illustration — Bust of Adeline Valentine Pond by Herbert Adams in 1889 She met Herbert Adams in Paris in 1887. She posed for a marble bust that was eventually exhibited at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. The couple married in 1889. Adams advocated for female sculptors including Laura Gardin Fraser, Evelyn Beatrice Longman, Janet Scudder, Bessie Porter Vonnoh, Abastenia St. Leger Eberle and Anna Hyatt Huntington. She also advocated for war memorials to be created by professional sculptors rather than mass-produced in factories. Adams was a member of the Cornish (NH) Equal Suffrage League.

Adams's published texts include: • The spirit of American sculpture • The Amouretta landscape, and other stories • "Daniel Chester French, sculptor" • "Childe Hassam" • "John Quincy Adams Ward; An Appreciation" • "Sylvia" • "An Exhibition of American Sculpture" • "Our medals and Our Medals" In addition to art criticism, Adams also wrote poetry, including two collections of poetry about her deceased daughters.