James Ward

12 works held in 6 museums

British painter of animals and Romantic landscape, 1769-1859

Self-Portrait, 1830.

James Ward (British), oil on canvas

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Soothsayer, 1821.

James Ward (British), oil on canvas

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Landing Place near Tintern Abbey, James Ward

Landing Place near Tintern Abbey, c. 1802.

James Ward (British), watercolor and graphite on paper

National Gallery of Art, United States

The Day’s Sport, 1826.

James Ward (British), oil on canvas

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Portraits of Two Extraordinary Oxen, the Property of the Earl of Powis, James Ward

Portraits of Two Extraordinary Oxen, the Property of the Earl of Powis, 1814.

James Ward (British), oil on wood panel

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Rat-catching Dogs, 19th century.

Perros ratoneros (museum title)

James Ward (British), oil on wood panel

National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Nonpareil, 1824.

James Ward (British), oil on canvas

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Gordale Scar, 1813.

James Ward (British), oil on canvas

Bradford Museums and Galleries, United Kingdom

River Landscape with Bridge, Figures and Cattle, James Ward

River Landscape with Bridge, Figures and Cattle, 1824.

James Ward (British), oil on wood panel

National Trust, United Kingdom

Heath Ewe and Lambs, 1810.

James Ward (British), oil on canvas

Yale Center for British Art, United States

Monitor, 1821.

James Ward (British), oil on canvas

Royal Collection, United Kingdom

Man Struggling with a Boa Constrictor, Study for “Liboya Serpent Seizing its Prey”, James Ward

Man Struggling with a Boa Constrictor, Study for “Liboya Serpent Seizing its Prey”, 1803.

James Ward (British), oil on canvas

Yale Center for British Art, United States

James Ward (1769-1859) was a British painter and engraver, born in London and died at Cheshunt (Hertfordshire). A member of the Royal Academy, he painted above all animals, horses, cattle and sheep, and Romantic landscapes such as Gordale Scar. His paintings are held in the Royal Collection, the National Trust, Bradford, Yale and Washington. He is linked to Romanticism.

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