ID 1086615
Lot 41 | JAMES WARD, R.A. (LONDON 1769-1859 CHESHUNT)
Estimate value
£ 150 000 – 200 000
Fitzhead in Somerset, with an ox-cart near a lime kiln, and Glastonbury Tor in the distance
signed and dated 'JWARD 1805 -' (lower left, signature in ligature)
oil on panel
39 5⁄8 x 67 in. (100.5 x 170.2 cm.)
Provenance
Commissioned by John Southey, 15th Lord Somerville (1765-1819), and by descent until 1997, when acquired by the present owner.
Literature
J. Frankau, William Ward A.R.A. and James Ward R.A.: Their Lives and Works, New York, 1904, p. 132.
C. Reginald Grundy, James Ward R.A., London, 1909, p. 44, no. 308 or 309.
K. Cave, ed., The Diary of Joseph Farington, VII, New Haven and London, 1982, p. 2683 (entry under Sunday, 16 February 1806).
O. Beckett, The Life and Work of James Ward R.A., Lewes, 1995, p. 202.
Exhibited
London, British Institution, 1806, no. 31 or 40.
| Artist: | James Ward (1769 - 1859) |
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| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | James Ward (1769 - 1859) |
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| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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