James Ward

Inscriptionback to top

Inscribed lower right: aged 79/1848.

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Head and shoulders to left in yellow spotted dressing-gown over dark green coat and white shirt; bald, sparse white hair, luxuriant white beard, dark brown eyes, clear pink complexion, red lips; plain dark brown background.

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Family possession and given by his son George Raphael Ward 1870.

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Woodcut by C. H. Wilson in Illustrated London News, 35, 1859, p 603.


This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Walker, Regency Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, 1985, 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.

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