About this artwork
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artist:James Ward (1769 - 1859) English
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title:Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan of Camperdown, 1731 - 1804. Admiral
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date created:Published 16 April 1798
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after:John Hoppner (1758 - 1810) English
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materials:Mezzotint on paper
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measurements:65.00 x 45.80 cm; paper size 68.00 x 51.00 cm
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credit line:Acquired from the Countess of Buckinghamshire's Trust 1995
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accession number:SPL 155.7
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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...