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The Property of a Gentleman

James Ward, R.A.

The Obstinate Donkey

Lot Closed

April 28, 03:18 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

The Property of a Gentleman

James Ward, R.A.

London 1769 - 1859 Cheshunt

The Obstinate Donkey


signed and dated lower left: J WARD R.A. 1811 (WARD in ligature)

oil on canvas

unframed: 95 x 114.3 cm.; 37⅜ x 45 in.

framed: 109.9 x 132.2 cm.; 43¼ x 52 in.

By descent from the artist to his son, George Raphael Ward (1799–1879), London;
Mrs D. Ashton, Knutsford, Cheshire;
By whom sold, London, Sotheby's, 28 November 1973, lot 85, for £5,000 to Baile;
With Beaton-Brown, London, before 1991;
From whom acquired by the present owners.
C. Reginald Grundy, James Ward, R.A., London 1909, p. 37, no. 13;
O. Beckett, The Life and Work of James Ward. The Forgotten Genius, Lewes 1995, p. 188, no. 5.
London, Royal Academy, 1811, no. 208;
London, Royal Academy, Old Masters and deceased masters of the British School, 1872, no. 20 (lent by George R. Ward).