The London painter and engraver James Ward, born in London in the late 18th century, was commissioned by the British government over a period of six years to paint a gigantic picture of the Battle of Waterloo entitled "Allegory of Waterloo", which is still considered lost today. The work also brought Ward neither special praise nor the hoped-for financial success. Some heavy family strokes of fate - the death of his first wife and one of his daughters - in combination caused Ward to fall into a bitter state of mind. It all began in London in 1769, when he was born as the son of James and Rachael. His older brother, William Ward, was one of the most successful artists of the time and was appointed engraver to the Prince of Wales, the Duke of York and the Royal Academy of Arts in London. James Ward learned the art of engraving from William.
However, he was inspired less by his brother than by his brother-in-law George Morland and later by the Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens. In addition to the "Allegory of Waterloo", his works include numerous landscape, animal and genre paintings. In the course of his career Ward turned to ever larger landscapes. He reached his artistic peak with the landscape painting of the limestone gorge Gordale Scar, which lies in the Yorkshire region. However, Ward basically earned his money with commissions from wealthy noblemen, for whom he painted their favourite horses or hunting dogs. After the death of his first wife he married again and finally moved to the small town of Cheshunt, where he continued his work and turned to religious subjects. His granddaughter Henrietta Ward became a painter herself. She concentrated on history and genre painting. His great-grandson Leslie Ward was the well-known portraitist and caricaturist of the magazine "Vanity Fair". James Ward died impoverished in 1855 from a stroke.
Ward was considered one of the best artists of his time, especially with regard to his animal paintings. Together with his brother, he made considerable progress in the British art scene. The combination of artistic talent and perfect craftsmanship produced impressive works, which made it to the gallery of the Tate Modern in London, among others.
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.jpg "Fight between a Lion and a Tiger, 1797 by James Ward")
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.jpg "Eagle, a Celebrated Stallion by James Ward")
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.jpg "Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire by James Ward")
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.jpg "Sleeping Pig by James Ward")
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.jpg "Fourteen Celebrated Horses: Adonis by James Ward")
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.jpg "The Yeldham Oak at Great Yeldham, Essex, 1833 by James Ward")
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.jpg "The Victory of Lord Duncan by James Ward")
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.jpg "An Old Oak Tree by James Ward")
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.jpg "Rough-coated Collie, 1809 by James Ward")
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.jpg "Windsor Park Paling by James Ward")
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.jpg "Woman Standing, Seen from the Back by James Ward")
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.jpg "Gordale Scar (A View of Gordale, in the Manor of East Malham in Craven, Yorkshire, the Property of Lord Ribblesdale) by James Ward")
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.jpg "A Farmhand Riding Side-Saddle, Carrying an Urn by James Ward")
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.jpg "Venus Rising from her Couch by James Ward")
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.jpg "Diana at the Bath by James Ward")
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.jpg "Figure Studies- Women Laboring by James Ward")
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.jpg "Ryelands Sheep, the King")
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.jpg "The Reverend Thomas Levett and favourite dogs, cock-shooting by James Ward")
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.jpg "Study of a Coat and Breeches by James Ward")
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.jpg "A Study for the Central Character in Ward")
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.jpg "The Reverend Thomas Levett and favourite dogs, cock-shooting by James Ward")
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.jpg "Study of a Sleeping Dog by James Ward")
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.jpg "Portrait of the Rev. Thomas Levett and Favourite Dogs, Cock-Shooting by James Ward")
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.jpg "Man Struggling with a Boa Constrictor, Study for Liboya Serpent Seizing its Prey by James Ward")
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.jpg "Study of the Head of a Ram by James Ward")
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.jpg "Landscape with a Castle on a Hill by James Ward")
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.jpg "Hereford Boar by James Ward")
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.jpg "Heath Ewe and Lambs by James Ward")
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.jpg "Ralph John Lambton on His Hunter, Undertaker, with Huntsman James Shelley, John Winter by James Ward")
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.jpg "Study of a Mountain with Trees by James Ward")
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.jpg "Studies of Gulls by James Ward")
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.jpg "The Straw Yard by James Ward")
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.jpg "Grey Arabian Stallion, the Property of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn by James Ward")
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.jpg "The Reverend Thomas Levett and Favourite Dogs, Cock-shooting by James Ward")
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.jpg "A Cedar on a Rise with a Herd of Deer Grouped Beneath its Shade by James Ward")
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.jpg "A Cedar on a Rise with a Herd of Deer Grouped Beneath its Shade by James Ward")
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.jpg "A Wild Boar, Asleep or Dead by James Ward")
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.jpg "Landscape with Three Horses and a Tree in the Foreground by James Ward")
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.jpg "Portrait of Dash, a Favourite Spaniel, the Property of Lady Frances Vane-Tempest by James Ward")
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.jpg "Sir Charles Blunt Hunting the Boar and Escaping from the Tiger (Study for One of a Set of Four Paintings) by James Ward")
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.jpg "Sketch for Gordale Scar by James Ward")
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.jpg "Study of Sculpture from the Elgin Marbles by James Ward")
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.jpg "A Gnarled Tree by James Ward")
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.jpg "Delivering a Calf by James Ward")
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.jpg "Study from Nature, One of the Children of Charity for the Large Picture of the Waterloo Allegory by James Ward")
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.jpg "Dolbadarn Castle by James Ward")
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.jpg "Study from Nature, One of the Children of Charity for the Large Picture of the Waterloo Allegory by James Ward")
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.jpg "Study of a Turkey by James Ward")
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.jpg "Henry James William Ward, Son of the Artist by James Ward")
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.jpg "Powis Castle by James Ward")
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.jpg "Interior of a Stable, 1810 by James Ward")
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.jpg "Studies of a Hilly Coast and a Rocky Waterfall by James Ward")
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.jpg "A Thatched Shelter Suspended from a Tree by James Ward")
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.jpg "Dr. Syntax, a Bay Racehorse, Standing in a Coastal Landscape, an Estuary Beyond by James Ward")
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.jpg "Study of a Calf by James Ward")
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.jpg "Studies of Hands by James Ward")
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.jpg "Eagles by James Ward")
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.jpg "Landscape with Cottages by James Ward")
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.jpg "The Reapers by James Ward")
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.jpg "A Cedar on a Rise with a Herd of Deer Grouped Beneath its Shade by James Ward")
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.jpg "Henry James William Ward, Son of the Artist by James Ward")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-932224).jpg "A Harvest Scene with Workers loading Hay on to a Farm Wagon by James Ward")
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.jpg "A Hog, Sleeping by James Ward")
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.jpg "The Centurion Cornelius by James Ward")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-897995).jpg "A Bat by James Ward")
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.jpg "The Miner by James Ward")
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.jpg "Study of a Coat and Breeches by James Ward")
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.jpg "A Harvest Scene with Workers Loading Hay onto a Farm Wagon by James Ward")
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.jpg "A Timber Cart Laden with Tree Trunks, Drawn by a Pair of Horses and a Pair of Oxen by James Ward")
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.jpg "Studies of Hands by James Ward")
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.jpg "A Horseman in a Landscape: Probably a Study for Theophilus Levett Fox-hunting in Wychnor Park by James Ward")
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.jpg "Mr. James Derby Playing the Violin by James Ward")
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.jpg "A Turkey Sitting on Eggs by James Ward")
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.jpg "Landscape with a Castle on a Hill by James Ward")
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.jpg "A Broad-Wheeled Road Waggon by James Ward")
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.jpg "Hand-rolling Machine: to Wash Potatoes by James Ward")
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.jpg "Study for the View of Cambridge from Castle Hill by James Ward")
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.jpg "Marengo, the Arab charger, ridden by Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterloo by James Ward")
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.jpg "Cottage and Farm Buildings by James Ward")
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.jpg "A Human Skeleton by James Ward")
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.jpg "Sky Study by James Ward")
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.jpg "A Study for the Central Character in Ward")
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.jpg "Hunter in a Landscape by James Ward")
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.jpg "Study of a Hill Top and Sky by James Ward")
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.jpg "Fourteen Celebrated Horses: Adonis by James Ward")
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.jpg "A Hunter in a Landscape by James Ward")
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.jpg "Larch Tree by James Ward")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-978451).jpg "The Rocking Horse, c.1793 by James Ward")
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