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Joshua Ward

Also known as: Joshua Ward; primary name: Ward, Joshua
Details: individual; British; Male
Life dates: 1685-1761
Biography: Successful doctor in practice from 1733 onwards. Patronised by eminent personages, including George II, Lord Chesterfield, and Henry Fielding; ran a dispensary for the poor in Whitehall at the king's expense. His famous pill was prepared from antimony and arsenic. Died 21st December 1761 and was buried in Westminster Abbey.

12 related objects

drawing

Museum number: 1920,0420.4 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Agostino CarliniFormerly attributed to:Louis François Roubiliac |
Production date: 1760-1761

print; satirical print

Title: A Stir in the City, or some folks at Guild-Hall |
Museum number: 1868,0808.3960 |
Producer name: Attributed to:Anthony WalkerPublished by:John Smith of Cheapside |
Production date: 1754 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Statue of Joshua Ward |
Museum number: 2006,U.2369 |
Producer name: BIOG21986 After:Agostino Carlini |
Production date: 1911

print; satirical print

Title: The Company of Undertakers |
Museum number: Cc,1.119 |
Producer name: BIOG31785 Print made by:William Hogarth |
Production date: 1737 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Company of Undertakers |
Museum number: Cc,2.125 |
Producer name: BIOG31785 Print made by:William Hogarth |
Production date: 1737 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Company of Undertakers |
Museum number: 1935,0522.5.53 |
Producer name: BIOG31785 Print made by:William Hogarth |
Production date: 1737 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Company of Undertakers |
Museum number: 1935,0522.5.52 |
Producer name: BIOG31785 After:William Hogarth |
Production date: 1737-1800 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1865,0610.1162 |
Producer name: BIOG18409 After:Thomas Bardwell |
Production date: 1748-1749 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Title: Hogarth Moralised |
Museum number: 1859,0316.1042 |
Producer name: Print made by:George CruikshankPublished by:John Major |
Production date: 1831 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Joshua Ward Esq |
Museum number: 1902,1011.1939 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Faber the YoungerAfter:Ed Loving |
Production date: 1730-1756 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Company of Undertakers |
Museum number: 1868,0822.1542 |
Producer name: BIOG31785 Print made by:William Hogarth |
Production date: 1737 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; satirical print

Title: The Company of Undertakers |
Museum number: 1868,0822.1543 |
Producer name: BIOG31785 Print made by:William Hogarth |
Production date: 1737 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)