James Ward
Landscape at Sunset [recto]; Study of a Pig [verso]

ArtistBritish, 1769–1859
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Landscape at Sunset [recto]; Study of a Pig [verso]
Datec. 1820
MediumWatercolor on two sheets of wove paper, mounted to thick wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 4 1/2 × 14 1/16 in. (11.5 × 35.7 cm)
Artist's Wash Mount: 6 3/8 × 15 7/8 in. (16.2 × 40.3 cm)
Credit LineThe Stuart Collection, museum purchase funded by Francita Stuart Koelsch Ulmer in memory of Beechie Chew Hutcheson Kampmann
Object number2024.17
Non exposé

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ProvenanceThe artist, c. 1820; [The Fine Art Society, London, May 18, 1960, Fortieth Exhibition of Early English Water-Colours and Drawings, cat. 56]; purchased by Walter Augustus Brandt (1902–1978), 1960–1978; by descent, 1978–2023; [Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker Ltd, London, 2023]; purchased by MFAH, 2023


Exhibition HistoryFortieth Exhibition of Early English Water-colours and Drawings, The Fine Art Society, London, 1960, cat. 56.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Signed in brown ink, bottom left corner: j WD. RA
Recto: Inscribed in graphite, lower center: Ocre / B[illegible] [cursive]
Verso: Inscribed on back: [illegible] French paper [cursive]
Verso: [inaccessible]
Recto [mat]: Inscribed in black ink, center bottom edge of window mat: 1769 JAMES WARD R.A. 1859
Recto: Signed in brown ink, bottom left corner: j WD. RA
James Ward late in life went through his drawings and marked them with this form of his signature that uses the letters “RA” to make an anagram of “J. Ward”
Verso [mount]: Stamp in black ink, bottom left corner
Recto [inside mat]: Label in printed ink and pen, bottom right corner: The Fine Art Society, Ltd.
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