Details
JAMES WARD, R.A. (BRITISH, 1769-1859)
A King Charles Spaniel on a red cushion
signed with monogram and dated 'JWD 1809' (lower left)
oil on canvas
25 x 30 in. (63.5 x 76.2 cm.)
Painted in 1809.
Literature
O. Beckett, The Life and Work of James Ward, R.A. 1769-1859: The Forgotten Genius, Lewes, 1995, no. 9.
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'A masterpiece of the genre - even Landseer never bettered the hauteur of such an aristocratic sitter' (O. Beckett, op. cit.).

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