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 "The Yeldham Oak at Great Yeldham, Essex by James Ward")
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.jpg "A Horseman in a Landscape by James Ward")
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.jpg "Portraits of Two Extraordinary Oxen, the Property of the Earl of Powis by James Ward")
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.jpg "Sheet of Sketches: Wagon, Horse, Milkmaid and Other Figure Studies by James Ward")
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.jpg "A Farmhand Riding Side-Saddle, Carrying an Urn by James Ward")
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.jpg "Sir Charles Blunt Hunting the Boar and Escaping from the Tiger: a Study for One of a Set of Four Paintings by Ward Executed in 1815 by James Ward")
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.jpg "Portraits of Two Extraordinary Oxen, the Property of the Earl of Powis by James Ward")
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.jpg "Coastal Village with Fishing Boats by James Ward")
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.jpg "Interior of a Stable 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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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1127833).jpg "The Rapids above the Falls of the Clyde, Lanarkshire by James Ward")
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.jpg "A Canopied Boat and Two Rowing Boats at a Jetty; Inset Left, a Pencil Study of the Tintern Livestock 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 "The Dairy Farm, Engraved by the Artist, Pub. by R. Ackermann, 1801 by James Ward")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1360795).jpg "Portrait of Adam Duncan by James Ward")
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.jpg "John Levett Hunting at Wychnor, Staffordshire by James Ward")
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.jpg "Adonis, a White Stallion 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 "Thatched Huts by James Ward")
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.jpg "Ryelands Sheep, the King")
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.jpg "An Outhouse Wall by James Ward")
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.jpg "Collcombe Castle, Devonshire by James Ward")
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.jpg "Fair Show by James Ward")
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.jpg "A Study for the Central Character in Ward")
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.jpg "Sir John Leicester, Bt, Exercising His Regiment of Cheshire Yeomanry on the Sands at Liverpool 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 "Arctic Dog, Facing Left by James Ward")
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.jpg "Plant Study by James Ward")
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.jpg "The Midday Meal by James Ward")
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.jpg "View near Swansea, South Wales by James Ward")
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.jpg "Diana at the Bath by James Ward")
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.jpg "Landscape near Swansea, South Wales by James Ward")
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.jpg "Cossack Horse, from Celebrated Horses, a set of fourteen racing prints published by the artist, 1823-24 by James Ward")
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.jpg "Snowdon, an Approaching Storm by James Ward")
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.jpg "Woman Standing, Seen from the Back by James Ward")
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.jpg "A Rocky Hillside with Trees and Figures by James Ward")
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.jpg "A Cottage Wall and Window by James Ward")
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.jpg "The Beggars Oak, Bagots Park, Aug. 12th, 1820 (A Celebrated Ancient Tree on Lord Bagots Blithfield) by James Ward")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-593626).jpg "Study of a Mountain with Trees by James Ward")
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.jpg "The Quarry by James Ward")
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.jpg "Study for The Mother")
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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 "Portrait of `Vic")
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.jpg "Ben Lomond, August 17 by James Ward")
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.jpg "Group Portrait of John, Theophilus and Frances Levett by James Ward")
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.jpg "A Border Leicester Ewe 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 Broad-Wheeled Road Wagon by James Ward")
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.jpg "Study of a Calf by James Ward")
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.jpg "Scottish Peasant Women by James Ward")
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.jpg "Dolbadarn Castle by James Ward")
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.jpg "A Farm amongst Trees by James Ward")
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.jpg "A Hunter in a Landscape by James Ward")
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.jpg "Collcombe Castle, Devonshire by James Ward")
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.jpg "Head of a Man Wearing a Loose Scarf by James Ward")
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.jpg "Study for the Oil Painting \"The Children of Theophilus Levitt, Esquire\" by James Ward")
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.jpg "The Cossack, Gregory Yelloserf, July 1814 by James Ward")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-899634).jpg "The Cossack, Gregory Yelloserf 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 "Studies of Anatomy, Measurements and Writing by James Ward")
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.jpg "Study of Undergrowth by James Ward")
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.jpg "Landscape with a Castle on a Hill by James Ward")
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.jpg "A Boy Leaning against a Table by James Ward")
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