Early Georgian Portraits Catalogue
John Ward (1679?-1758), Biographer and antiquary
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
- Biography and References
The only other known likeness of Ward is Allan Ramsay's signed and dated portrait of 1749 in the County Museum, Warwick. [1]
1) Exhibited 'Paintings and Drawings by Allan Ramsay', RA 1964 (18). Purchased 1974; formerly in the Loveday family through Mrs Abigail Goodwin, whose daughter married John Loveday; Mrs Goodwin was a cousin-once-removed of Dr Ward and his residuary legatee.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Kerslake, Early Georgian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1977, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.
1) Exhibited 'Paintings and Drawings by Allan Ramsay', RA 1964 (18). Purchased 1974; formerly in the Loveday family through Mrs Abigail Goodwin, whose daughter married John Loveday; Mrs Goodwin was a cousin-once-removed of Dr Ward and his residuary legatee.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: John Kerslake, Early Georgian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1977, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.