Dictionary of painters and engravers (1903) (14803780223)

Identifier: dictionaryofpain05brya (find matches)
Title: Dictionary of painters and engravers
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Bryan, Michael, 1757-1821 Williamson, George Charles, 1858-1942
Subjects: Painters Engravers
Publisher: London, G. Bell
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto



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he Flight into Egypt; after F. Bol. Descent from the Cross; after Dietrich. Diana and her Nymphs ; after Rubens. The Alpine Traveller; after Northcote. Louisa; after Hoppner. Thoughts on Matrimony; after the same. The Fruits of Early Industry and Economy; after Morland.Smugglers ; after the same.Fisherman; after the same.The Eocking-Horse; after himself.Mrs. Billington ; after Reynolds. (Nagler makes James Ward the painter andJames Ward the engraver two different people.) WARD, James. This extraordinary and veryeccentric person is better known as a pugilist thanas an artist, but he deserves attention in thisdictionary, as he produced many landscapes andsome subject pictures, mainly representing prize-fights, which were of unquestionable merit. Hewas the son of a butcher in the East End ofLondon, born in 1800, and commenced life as acabin-boy on board a collier. From very earlydays he was notorious for his powers of fighting,and as an expert boxer became as a young man a Q< w % <
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£ w <u (S) u <U Q <; O u J .-) D M s £ PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS. popular favourite. Before he was twenty-six hewas accounted British Champion, and he continuedto be accepted in that position until 1832. Mean-time, he had become a publican in Liverpool, andlater on in life removed to London, owning insuccession various inns in the West End of London.He was a clever musician, able to perform onseveral instruments, and he was also known as anadmirable shot, but through all his tempestuouslife he retained a great love for pictures, and inaddition to his own work he purchased quite alarge collection of English landscapes. His mostimportant production represented a prize-fight, amiwas exhibited in 1860. He had so many intereststhat he neglected to give proper attention to hisbusiness, and failed no less than three times. Heeventually retired to an almshouse, where he diedin 1884. WARD, Martin Theodore, an English animalpainter, and son of William Ward, A.E., was bornabout the begin