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James Ward

1769–1859

A Calf
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7 artworks by James Ward
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Biography

James Ward (23 October 1769 – 17 November 1859) was an English painter, particularly of animals, and an engraver.

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Artworks

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  • View in Tabley Park

    James Ward
    1813–8
  • Landscape with Cattle

    James Ward
    1820–2
  • Gordale Scar (A View of Gordale, in the Manor of East Malham in Craven, Yorkshire, the Property of Lord Ribblesdale)

    James Ward
    ?1812–4, exhibited 1815
    On display at Tate Britain part of Historic and Modern British Art
  • Harlech Castle

    James Ward
    1808
  • Cattle-Piece, ? Marylebone Park

    James Ward
    1807
  • Sketch for ‘Gordale Scar’

    James Ward
    1811
  • Studies of a Man’s Head

    James Ward
    date not known
  • Sketch for ‘Gordale Scar’

    James Ward
    c.1811
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Artist as subject

  • Portrait of James Ward, engraved by James Ward

    After John Jackson
    ?c.1835

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