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JAMES WARD, R.A. (LONDON 1769-1859 CHESHUNT)

Lot 151
25.01.2023 16:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 151 | JAMES WARD, R.A. (LONDON 1769-1859 CHESHUNT)
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JAMES WARD, R.A. (LONDON 1769-1859 CHESHUNT)

Marengo, Napoleon's Barb charger

signed and dated 'JWR. RA. 1829' (lower left)

oil on canvas

28 x 35 1/2 in. (71 x 90 cm.)





Provenance

The artist; his sale, Christie’s, London, 29 May 1829, lot 78, where acquired for 32 gns. by,

John Rushout, 2nd Lord Northwick (1770-1859), by descent to his nephew and eventual co-heir,

George Rushout Bowles, 3rd Lord Northwick (1811-1887), Northwick Park, Gloucestershire, by 1864, and by inheritance through his widow,

Elizabeth Augusta, Lady Northwick (d. 1912) to her grandson,

Captain Edward George Spencer-Churchill (1876-1964); (†) his sale, Christie’s, London, 25 June 1965, lot 136 (6,000 gns. to Partridge).

Acquired soon after the above sale by the father of the present owner.



Literature

A Catalogue of the Pictures, Works of Art, &c at Northwick Park, 1864, no. 365.

C.R. Grundy, James Ward, R.A.: His Life and Works, London, 1909, p. 46, no. 453.

Dr. T. Borenius and L. Cust, Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures at Northwick Park, London, 1921, p. 142, no. 380.

O. Beckett, The Life and Work of James Ward, RA 1769-1859, Lewes, 1995, p. 79, illustrated.

E. Nygren, 'James Ward, RA (1769-1859): Papers and Patrons', Walpole Society, LXXV, 2013, p. 337, under no. 367.
Artist:James Ward (1769 - 1859)
Applied technique:Oil on canvas
Place of origin:Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
Auction house category:Paintings
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