About this artwork
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artist:James Ward (1769 - 1859) English
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title:Joseph Wright (of Derby), 1734 - 1797. Artist
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date created:Published 1807
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materials:Mezzotint on paper
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measurements:34.90 x 27.90 cm
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credit line:Transferred from the National Gallery of Scotland, Department of Prints and Drawings 1961
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accession number:EP IV 373.1
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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...