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446 - James Ward, RA,
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James Ward, RA, British 1769-1859- A Nondescript caught in a herring net at Tenby; pencil and watercolour on paper, signed with initials, dated and inscribed 'Ct. in a Tenby Herring net - Novr. 1827 - JWD RA' (lower left), titled verso, 13.4 x 25.6 cm. Exhibited: London, Arts Council of Great Britain, 'James Ward 1769-1859', 1960, cat.no. 89. Provenance: E. Martin; from whom purchased by Peter Cochrane, 1949. with Martyn Gregory, London [VG 978 G]. Note: Ward was celebrated as an animal and landscape painter, and his early work was strongly influenced by that of his brother-in-law, George Morland (1763-1804). The present work is characteristic of Ward’s studies of animals, which were executed with a lively approach. Comparable examples include 'Mr Pether’s Berkshire Pig', which sold at Sworders, Stansted Mountfitchet on 28 May 2025, lot 289 (£600 hammer), and a study of a dog which sold at Christie's, London, on 1 July 2026, lot 183 (£1,700 hammer).
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