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James Ward - An Old Oak Tree

An Old Oak Tree

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
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James Ward

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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Cheshunt The Shire Horse elephant in An Extensive Landscape

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An Unknown Woman

An Unknown Woman

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The Reapers

The Reapers (1800)

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Landscape with Three Horses and a Tree in the Foreground

Landscape with Three Horses and a Tree in the Foreground

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
The Reverend Thomas Levett and favourite dogs, cock-shooting

The Reverend Thomas Levett and favourite dogs, cock-shooting (1811)

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Plant Study

Plant Study

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Larch Tree

Larch Tree

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

Mother and Infant (ca. 1798)

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Studies of Pigs

Studies of Pigs

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

A Rustic Carrying Ducks

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
A Harvest Scene with Workers Loading Hay on to a Farm Wagon

A Harvest Scene with Workers Loading Hay on to a Farm Wagon (ca. 1800)

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Grey Arabian stallion, the property of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn

Grey Arabian stallion, the property of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn (ca. 1817)

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Studies of Boats on a Riverside

Studies of Boats on a Riverside

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Two Studies of a Tiger; above; Head and Shoulders; below; Hindquarters

Two Studies of a Tiger; above; Head and Shoulders; below; Hindquarters

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Two Girls (or Lady and Child) on a Garden Terrace near an Ornamental Urn

Two Girls (or Lady and Child) on a Garden Terrace near an Ornamental Urn

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
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