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James Ward
James Ward

James Ward

English, 1769-1859
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James Ward was a British painter, particularly of animals, and an engraver.

Born in London, and younger brother of William Ward the engraver, James Ward was influenced by many people, but his career is conventionally divided into two periods: until 1803, his single greatest influence was his brother in law George Morland; from that time, it was Rubens. From 1810 or so, Ward started to paint horses within landscapes; slightly later, he turned to very large-scale landscapes, of which Gordale Scar (Tate, London), completed in 1814 or 1815 and depicting Gordale Scar (Yorkshire) as an example of the sublime, is considered his masterpiece and a masterpiece of English Romantic painting.

Ward devoted much of the period 1815-21 to the painting of a gigantic work titled Allegory of Waterloo (now lost); this neither was much praised nor brought in the revenue Ward had hoped for. The experience may have embittered him, and the deaths of his first wife and a daughter were among other tragedies. Like many artists of the time, Ward sought commissions from wealthy gentry of their favorite horses, their favorite hunting dogs or their children.

One such family that Ward painted and drew repeatedly, and whom he counted among his friends, were the Levett family of Wynchnor Park, Staffordshire. One of Ward's best-known portraits was his Theophilus Levett hunting at Wychnor, Staffordshire of 1817. Another was Ward's 1811 painting entitled The Reverend Thomas Levett and his favourite dogs, cock-shooting. Ward also painted a group portrait of three Levett children — John, Theophilus and Frances Levett.

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Rough-Coated Collie

Rough-Coated Collie (1809)

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Animals
Ryelands Sheep, the King’s Ram, the King’s Ewe and Lord Somerville’s Wether

Ryelands Sheep, the King’s Ram, the King’s Ewe and Lord Somerville’s Wether (1801-1807)

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Animals
The Escape; Two Greyhounds Coursing A Hare

The Escape; Two Greyhounds Coursing A Hare

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Animals
The Midday Meal

The Midday Meal (ca. 1835)

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Animals
The Straw Yard

The Straw Yard (1810)

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Animals
Man Struggling with a Boa Constrictor, Study for ‘The Liboya Serpent Seizing His Prey’

Man Struggling with a Boa Constrictor, Study for ‘The Liboya Serpent Seizing His Prey’ (ca. 1803)

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Figurative
The Day’s Sport

The Day’s Sport (1826)

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Figurative
Diana at the Bath

Diana at the Bath (1830)

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Mythology
Venus Rising from her Couch

Venus Rising from her Couch (1828)

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Mythology
Confrontation At The Crossing

Confrontation At The Crossing ( 1833)

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Figurative
The Marquess Of Londonderry’s Arabian Stallion In A Landscape

The Marquess Of Londonderry’s Arabian Stallion In A Landscape (1831)

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Animals
The Obstinate Donkey

The Obstinate Donkey (1811)

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Figurative
An oak tree in Richmond Park with a herd of fallow deer beside it

An oak tree in Richmond Park with a herd of fallow deer beside it

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Landscape
Confidence

Confidence (1841)

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Figurative
Disappointment

Disappointment (1841)

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Figurative
Portrait of a Cow

Portrait of a Cow (1811)

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Animals
Landscape with a Castle on a Hill

Landscape with a Castle on a Hill

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Landscape
Landscape with Cottages and Figures

Landscape with Cottages and Figures

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Landscape
Sea Breaking on Stony Cliffs at Left

Sea Breaking on Stony Cliffs at Left

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Landscape
Sky Study

Sky Study

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Landscape
Study of a Hill Top and Sky

Study of a Hill Top and Sky

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Landscape
View near Swansea, South Wales

View near Swansea, South Wales (ca. 1800)

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Landscape
Waterfall, North Wales

Waterfall, North Wales

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Landscape
A Boy Employed in Burning Weeds

A Boy Employed in Burning Weeds (1799)

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Figurative
A Little Boy with Red Shoes (Child with Red Shoes and a Top Hat)

A Little Boy with Red Shoes (Child with Red Shoes and a Top Hat)

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Figurative
Boy Carrying a Pail on His Head

Boy Carrying a Pail on His Head

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Figurative
Mother and Infant

Mother and Infant (ca. 1798)

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Figurative
Mrs. Morland’s Portrait

Mrs. Morland’s Portrait (ca. 1802)

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Figurative
Scottish Peasant Women

Scottish Peasant Women

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Figurative
The Clean Face Rewarded

The Clean Face Rewarded (1801)

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Figurative
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