Morning after the Storm, The Husband’s Return / Le Matin Devenu Calme, Le Retour du Mari
William Redmore Bigg (1755 - 1828)
William Ward (1766 - 1826)
Coloured mezzotint
published March 1798-
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
- crook, shepherd, vase (as Subject), genre, hourglass, sheep, boy, baby, man, woman, girl, 18th century costume, dress, shoe, boot remover, basket, jug, teapot, fireplace, window, domestic interior, chair, table (as Subject)
- Materials & Techniques
- mezzotint, coloured mezzotint
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Details
- Title
- Morning after the Storm, The Husband’s Return / Le Matin Devenu Calme, Le Retour du Mari
- Date
- published March 1798
- Medium
- Coloured mezzotint
- Acquisition
- Purchased from Colnaghi, October 1953
- GAC number
- 2331