James Ward
A Shorthorn Heifer

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Artist James Ward(British, 1769–1859)British, 1769–1859

CultureBritish

Titles

A Shorthorn Heifer

Datec. 1800

MediumOil over pencil on artist's board

DimensionsBoard: 9 3/8 × 13 1/8 in. (23.8 × 33.3 cm)
Frame: 12 15/16 × 16 13/16 × 1 15/16 in. (32.9 × 42.7 × 4.9 cm)

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston

Object numberBF.2025.3

Non exposé

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Department

Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceJames Ward (1769–1859); Henrietta Ward (1832–1924), granddaughter of the former; Peter Cochrane (1913–2004); [Lowell Libson Ltd, purchased from the former estate]; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 2025.
Exhibition HistoryLondon, Lowell Libson Ltd, Breadth & Quality: Oil Studies, Watercolours & Drawings by James Ward RA, July, 2013, no. 78 (exhibited as ‘Shorthorn Heifer’).
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: [none]
Verso: Inscribed in graphite, center top edge: Oil painting by / James Ward RA [cursive]
Verso: Inscribed in ink, center top edge: from Mrs. E.M. Ward's Sale / 1924 [cursive]
Verso: Inscribed in ink, upper left edge: JW (0) 7/255
Verso: Inscribed in ink, bottom rgith corner: JPC / JW (0) 7/255

Verso: Label in printed ink, lower center: BREADTH AND QUALITY: OIL STUDIES, WATERCOLOURS / AND DRAWINGS BY JAMES WARD RA / 28th JUNE - 12th JULY 2013 / TITLE: A SHORTHORN HEIFER / CATALOGUE NO.: 78 / LOWELL LIBSON LTD 3 CLIFFORD STREET LONDON W1S 2LF
Verso: Label in ink, bottom right corner: S 0524 - 4

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