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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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The Cow House

The Cow House (1793)

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Figurative
Portrait of Dash, a Favourite Spaniel, the Property of Lady Frances Vane-Tempest

Portrait of Dash, a Favourite Spaniel, the Property of Lady Frances Vane-Tempest (1819)

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Animals
A Brown long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus)

A Brown long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus)

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Animals
A King Charles Spaniel on a red cushion

A King Charles Spaniel on a red cushion (1809)

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Animals
A King Charles Spaniel on a red cushion

A King Charles Spaniel on a red cushion (1809)

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Animals
Dogs

Dogs

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Animals
Fitzhead in Somerset, with an ox-cart near a lime kiln, and Glastonbury Tor in the distance

Fitzhead in Somerset, with an ox-cart near a lime kiln, and Glastonbury Tor in the distance (1805)

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Landscape
A Sheep Resting

A Sheep Resting (c. 1800-1810)

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Drawings
The Earth Stopper

The Earth Stopper (1794)

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Drawings
Two Studies of a Seated Man

Two Studies of a Seated Man

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Drawings
Study of an Elderly Woman for ‘Disobedience Discovered’

Study of an Elderly Woman for ‘Disobedience Discovered’ (c. 1797)

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Drawings
A Rocky Stream

A Rocky Stream (ca. 1811)

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Drawings
Lions Attacking Two Men and a Horse

Lions Attacking Two Men and a Horse (1801–59)

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Drawings
A Boy and Girl Conversing

A Boy and Girl Conversing

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Drawings
A Boy Leaning against a Table

A Boy Leaning against a Table

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Drawings
A Broad-Wheeled Road Waggon

A Broad-Wheeled Road Waggon

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Drawings
A Canopied Boat and Two Rowing Boats at a Jetty; Inset Left, a Pencil Study of the Tintern Livestock Ferry-boat

A Canopied Boat and Two Rowing Boats at a Jetty; Inset Left, a Pencil Study of the Tintern Livestock Ferry-boat

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Drawings
A Cedar on a Rise with a Herd of Deer Grouped Beneath its Shade

A Cedar on a Rise with a Herd of Deer Grouped Beneath its Shade (1814)

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Drawings
A Craggy Hillside

A Craggy Hillside

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Drawings
A Farm Cart

A Farm Cart

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Drawings
A Farmhand Riding Side-saddle, Carrying an Urn

A Farmhand Riding Side-saddle, Carrying an Urn

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Drawings
A Gnarled Tree

A Gnarled Tree

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Drawings
A Hog, Sleeping

A Hog, Sleeping (ca. 1807)

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Drawings
A Horseman in a Landscape

A Horseman in a Landscape (1814)

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Drawings
A Human Skeleton

A Human Skeleton

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Drawings
A Mare; Possibly a Study for ‘L’Amour de Cheval’

A Mare; Possibly a Study for ‘L’Amour de Cheval’ (1827)

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Drawings
A Mill

A Mill

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Drawings
A Rocky Hillside with Trees and Figures

A Rocky Hillside with Trees and Figures

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Drawings
A Rustic Carrying Ducks

A Rustic Carrying Ducks

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Drawings
A Satyr’s Head

A Satyr’s Head (1836)

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Drawings
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