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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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Portrait of James Ward, engraved by James Ward

After John Jackson
?c.1835

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