John Wolcott Adams

John Wolcott Adams (1874–1925) was an American illustrator.

Biography Adams was born on 7 November 1874 in Worcester, Massachusetts.

He married Frances Pendleton Sheldon (1903–1920).

He was the son of John Francis and Ellen Wilson Adams, and a descendant of a New England family. This family had produced two United States presidents.

Adams was interested in the theatre, and he was able to design at least one stage setting that was designed for a 1923 Walter Hampden production.

He died in New York on June 24, 1925, of appendicitis.

Education Adams studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. In 1898, he went to New York, where he attended the Art Students League of New York classes.

Groups Adams was a member of the following groups:

The Players The Dutch Treat Club The Society of Illustrators

Works Adams contributed to the following periodicals:

Everybody's Success Youth's Companion Saturday Evening Post Delineator Collier's

In 1916, Adams, with Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes, produced a colorful redraft of the 1660 Castello Plan map of New York City.