le grazing. The animals por-trayed belonged to Mr. Allnutt, of Clapham. Thiswork, painted in 1820-22, was undertaken at thesuggestion of Benjamin West, P.R.A., who thoughtPaul Potters famous Bull an over-rated per-formance and considered Ward capable of betterwork. The picture was exhibited in 1823… … O HZO JAMES WARD, R.A. 235 was brought back to England and purchased byGeorge Ward, the artists son, who exhibited it atSmithfield Cattle Show. The picture created asensation, and was criticised at length in all thepapers, much to the interest of the artist. Thus hewrites to his son on December 22,…
Horses · Animals in art · Zoological illustration · Painters -- England
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