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William Ward

English, 1766–1826

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Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (12)

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Sea Wall

1973 · acrylic on canvas

Unframed: 56.8 x 66.7 cm (22 3/8 x 26 1/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

George, Lord Nugent

1822 · Mezzotint on paper

Art Institute of Chicago

Mosland, Glo

1820 · Mezzotint on paper

Image: 37.5 × 27.1 cm (14 13/16 × 10 11/16 in.); Plate: 37.7 × 27.5 cm (14 7/8 × 10 7/8 in.); Sheet: 41.6 × 30.8 cm (16 7/16 × 12 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Sailor's Orphans, or the Young Ladies' Subscription

1800 · Hand-colored mezzotint

image: 18 x 23 11/16 in. (45.7 x 60.2 cm) plate: 18 15/16 x 23 3/4 in. (48.1 x 60.3 cm) sheet: 19 7/8 x 25 3/8 in. (50.5 x 64.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Visser komt thuis met zijn vangst

1799 · à la poupée on paper

height: 487 cm, width: 604 cm

Rijksmuseum

The Dragon Arum, Black Calla or Solomon's Lily

1799 · mezzotint

Cleveland Museum of Art

Inside of a Country Alehouse

1797 · Hand-colored mezzotint on cream wove paper

Image: 45.7 × 60.4 cm (18 × 23 13/16 in.); Plate: 48.4 × 61 cm (19 1/16 × 24 1/16 in.); Sheet: 51.1 × 65.4 cm (20 1/8 × 25 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mary, Queen of Scots, Under Confinement

1793 · Mezzotint

Plate: 19 15/16 × 14 in. (50.7 × 35.5 cm) Sheet: 22 1/2 × 17 15/16 in. (57.1 × 45.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Monsieur de St. George

1788 · Mezzotint; third state of three

plate: 14 7/8 x 10 7/8 in. (37.8 x 27.6 cm) sheet: 16 1/2 x 12 5/16 in. (41.9 x 31.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The first pledge of love

1788 · paper

width: 332 cm, height: 383 cm

Rijksmuseum

James Nares

1775 · stipple engraving

sheet: 26.3 × 21.2 cm (10 3/8 × 8 3/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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Guelavia

watercolor and gouache

Cleveland Museum of Art

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12 published of 12 catalogued · 10 with image

Cleveland Museum of Art
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Art Institute Chicago
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Rijksmuseum
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Visser komt thuis met zijn vangst
1799 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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The Dragon Arum, Black Calla or Solomon's Lily
1799 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Sea Wall
1973 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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The first pledge of love
1788 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Guelavia
— · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Art Institute of Chicago

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Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art

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