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James Ward - 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)
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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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Sea Breaking on Stony Cliffs at Left

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The Cossack, Gregory Yelloserf

The Cossack, Gregory Yelloserf (1814)

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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)
Drawing of a Man’s Skeleton

Drawing of a Man’s Skeleton

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Two Studies of a Seated Man

Two Studies of a Seated Man

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Harlech

Harlech

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Studies of Plants, August 2, 1815

Studies of Plants, August 2, 1815 (1815)

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A Young Boy with Dogs

A Young Boy with Dogs (ca. 1798)

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

A Gnarled Tree

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The Straw Yard

The Straw Yard (1810)

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
Dr. Syntax, a Bay Racehorse, Standing in a Coastal Landscape, an Estuary Beyond

Dr. Syntax, a Bay Racehorse, Standing in a Coastal Landscape, an Estuary Beyond (1820)

James Ward (English, 1769-1859)
An Outhouse Wall

An Outhouse Wall

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