Christening the Heir / Le Bateme d’un Heritier
William Redmore Bigg (1755 - 1828)
William Ward (1766 - 1826)
Coloured mezzotint
published 1 March 1799-
About the work
- Location
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Country: France
City: Paris
Place: British Embassy
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About the artist
William Ward was the son of James Ward, manager for a fruit and cider merchant. His younger brother, also named James Ward was a painter. Ward held the position of mezzotint engraver to the Duke of York from 1804 and engraver to the Prince of Wales from 1813. The following year he became an Associate Engraver of the Royal Academy. He died in 1826 at his home in Warren Street, London.
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Explore
- Places
- Subjects
- genre, boy, baby, man, woman, girl, 18th century costume, dress, fan, bowl, clergyman, window, domestic interior, carpet, stool, table (as Subject)
- Materials & Techniques
- mezzotint, coloured mezzotint
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Details
- Title
- Christening the Heir / Le Bateme d’un Heritier
- Date
- published 1 March 1799
- Medium
- Coloured mezzotint
- Acquisition
- Purchased from Colnaghi, October 1953
- GAC number
- 2330