James Ward
Studies of David Leslie and of a Breastplate, 1st Lord Newark, d. 1682. Royalist general
About this artwork
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artist:James Ward (1769 - 1859) English
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title:Studies of David Leslie and of a Breastplate, 1st Lord Newark, d. 1682. Royalist general
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date created:1820s
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materials:Pencil on paper
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measurements:13.70 x 22.00 cm
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credit line:Gifted by Lowell Libson in honour of James Holloway, 2013
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accession number:PG 3717
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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...