Property from the Estate of the late Sir Simon Day (1935–2024)
James Ward, R.A.
A prize Devon bull in a landscape
Live auction begins on:
July 2, 10:00 AM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
Bid
4,200 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Estate of the late Sir Simon Day (1935–2024)
James Ward, R.A.
London 1769–1859 Cheshunt
A prize Devon bull in a landscape
signed in monogram and dated lower left: J/W 1802 [?]
oil on panel
unframed: 45.5 x 61.8 cm.; 17⅞ x 24⅜ in.
framed: 63.6 x 79.8 cm.; 25 x 31⅜ in.
Painted for Boydell & Co., London;
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 10 November 1982, lot 84, to Agnew;
With Thomas Agnew & Sons, London;
From whom acquired by the late owner, May 1983.
C. Reginald Grundy, James Ward, R.A., London, 1909, p. 39, no. 101.
ENGRAVED
Thomas Tagg (before 1780–1809), 1807.
James Ward originally trained as an engraver under John Raphael Smith (1751–1812), but later became the consummate animal painter of his generation. This depiction of a prize Devon bull—a breed native to south-west England—was painted for Boydell & Co. as part of a scheme to produce scale accurate paintings of various livestock. These were intended to be kept as records of the different breeds across the country.
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