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Lot 299: JAMES WARD, R.A.

Est: £100,000 GBP - £150,000 GBPSold:
Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomDecember 08, 2011

Item Overview

Description

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF EDWARD P. EVANS
LONDON 1769 - 1859 CHESHUNT
THE MARQUESS OF LONDONDERRY'S ARABIAN STALLION IN A LANDSCAPE
signed with monogram and dated lower right: JWR RA 1831
oil on canvas
92.5 by 120.5 cm.; 36 1/2 x 48 1/2 in.

Artist or Maker

Exhibited

New York, The Artis Group, Fine Sporting Paintings, 1st December 1988 - 20th January 1989

Literature

C. Reginald Grundy, James Ward, R.A., London 1909, p. 45, no. 358;
O. Beckett, The Life and Works of James Ward, Lewes 1995, p. 194

Provenance

Commissioned by Charles William Vane-Stewart, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry (1778-1854);
By descent until bought by Peter L. Villa, New York, in 1987;
Sold by him, New York, Sotheby's, 9th June 1989, lot 54 (bt. by the present owner)

Auction Details

Old Master and British Paintings Day Sale

by
Sotheby's
December 08, 2011, 12:00 PM GMT

34-35 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1A 2AA, UK