James Ward
A View in Somersetshire from Fitzhead, the Seat of Lord Somerville

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Artist James WardBritish, 1769–1859

CultureBritish

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A View in Somersetshire from Fitzhead, the Seat of Lord Somerville

Date1805

MediumOil on panel

DimensionsPanel: 40 7/16 × 66 13/16 in. (102.7 × 169.7 cm)

Credit LineSarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, Houston

Object numberBF.2024.7

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Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation

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PAINTING

ProvenanceCommissioned by John Southey, 15th Lord Somerville (1765–1819); thence by descent; [their sale, Sotheby's, London, 12 June 2003, lot 17, unsold]; private collection, acquired from the above in 2004; thence by descent to his son; [his sale, Property of a Gentleman, Christie's, London, 3 July 2012, lot 61]; private collection, acquired at the above sale; [sale of the Eric Albada Jelgersma collection, Christie's, London, 6 December 2018, lot 28]; private collection, United Kingdom, acquired at the above sale; purchased by the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, 2024.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Recto: Signed and dated in brown oil paint, bottom left corner: JWARD -1805- [monogrammed]
Verso: Inscribed in white, upper center edge: LOT 61 3JUL12 YL143 OMP

Recto: Signed in brown oil paint, bottom left corner: JWARD [monogrammed]

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