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Edward Matthew Ward

1816–1879

Scene from ‘David Garrick’
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Biography

Edward Matthew Ward, , (14 July 1816 – 15 January 1879) was a British painter who specialised in historical genre. He is best known for his murals in the Palace of Westminster depicting episodes in British history from the English Civil War to the Glorious Revolution.

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  • Doctor Johnson in the Ante-Room of the Lord Chesterfield Waiting for an Audience, 1748

    Edward Matthew Ward
    1845, exhibited 1848
  • The Disgrace of Lord Clarendon, after his Last Interview with the King - Scene at Whitehall Palace, in 1667 (replica)

    Edward Matthew Ward
    1846
  • The South Sea Bubble, a Scene in ‘Change Alley in 1720

    Edward Matthew Ward
    1847, exhibited 1847
  • James II in his Palace of Whitehall, Receiving the News of the Landing of the Prince of Orange, in 1688

    Edward Matthew Ward
    exhibited 1850
  • Scene from ‘David Garrick’

    Edward Matthew Ward
    date not known
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