James Ward
Sir Walter Scott, 1771 - 1832. Novelist and poet (Mertoun and the Valley of the Tweed)
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artist:James Ward (1769 - 1859) English
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title:Sir Walter Scott, 1771 - 1832. Novelist and poet (Mertoun and the Valley of the Tweed)
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Pencil and watercolour on paper
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measurements:25.40 x 50.20 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 1926
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accession number:PG 1023
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James Ward
James Ward
From the age of twelve Ward received intensive training in reproductive printmaking from John Raphael Smith and his own brother William. In great demand by the turn of the eighteenth century, Ward was appointed mezzotint engraver to the Prince of Wales (later George IV). During the 1790s he took up...
