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William Ward

Also known as: William Ward; primary name: Ward, William; other name: Messrs Ward & Co.
Details: individual; printmaker; British; Male
Life dates: 1766-1826
Address: 10 Well Street, Oxford Street (1785) Warren Place, Hampstead Road (Sep 1787, and Jan 1793) Delancey Place, Camden Town (March 1791, and May 1794) 19 Winchester Row, Paddington (1795-1796) Delancey Place, Camden Town (in 1797-99) 24 Buckingham Place, Fitzroy Square (Oct 1804 - Jun 1815) 57 Warren Street, Fitzroy Square (Jan-Oct 1819) 8 Winchester Row, Paddington (1820) 24 Winchester Row, Paddington (Jun 1820 - 1824) 12 Mornington Crescent (1825-6)
Biography: Engraver and mezzotinter ARA; brother of James Ward (q.v.) Also published prints with his brother, as 'Messrs Ward & Co', April 1800 - April 1804, from James' address, 6 Newman Street.
Bibliography: Julia Frankau, 'William Ward ARA and James Ward RA: Their Lives and Works', 1904 nos.296 + addendum (four works)

983 related objects

book; print

Title: Views in Savoy, Switzerland, and on the Rhine, from drawings made upon the spot, by John Dennis. |
Museum number: 1958,0712.2997.1-36 |
Producer name: After:John DennisPrint made by:John Dennis |
Production date: 1820-1822 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)Published in:London (England)

book; print

Title: Views in Savoy, Switzerland, and on the Rhine, from drawings made upon the spot, by John Dennis. |
Museum number: 1958,0712.3068.1-30 |
Producer name: After:John DennisPrint made by:John Dennis |
Production date: 1820-1822 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)Published in:London (England)

book of prints; print

Museum number: 1913,0524.325.1-25 |
Producer name: After:Claude LorrainPublished by:William Bernard Cooke

drawing

Museum number: 1889,0724.365 |
Producer name: BIOG32398 Drawn by:William Henry Hunt |
Production date: 1790-1864

drawing

Museum number: 1889,0724.363 |
Producer name: BIOG32398 Drawn by:William Henry Hunt |
Production date: 1790-1864

drawing

Museum number: 1889,0724.371 |
Producer name: BIOG28215 Drawn by:Thomas Gainsborough |
Production date: 1765-1770

drawing

Museum number: 1889,0724.367 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Drawn by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1805-1876

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0806.5 |
Producer name: BIOG29104 Drawn by:Thomas Girtin |
Production date: 1799

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0806.4 |
Producer name: BIOG20384 Drawn by:William Botham |
Production date: 1804

drawing; forgery

Museum number: 1971,0513.32 |
Producer name: Drawn by:William WardManner/Style of:Joseph Mallord William Turner |
Production date: 19thC-20thC

drawing

Museum number: 1944,1014.190 |
Producer name: BIOG50354 Drawn by:William Ward |
Production date: 1860-1876

drawing

Museum number: 1889,0724.369 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Drawn by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1805-1876

drawing

Museum number: 1892,0411.8 |
Producer name: BIOG48994 Drawn by:Charles Turner |
Production date: 1841

drawing

Museum number: 1889,0724.364 |
Producer name: BIOG32398 Drawn by:William Henry Hunt |
Production date: 1790-1864

drawing

Museum number: 1889,0724.368 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Drawn by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1840

drawing

Museum number: 1890,0806.3 |
Producer name: BIOG41396 Drawn by:William Payne |
Production date: 1776-1813

drawing

Museum number: 1892,0411.9 |
Producer name: BIOG48994 After:Charles Turner |
Production date: 1773-1857

drawing

Museum number: 1889,0724.370 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Drawn by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1838

drawing

Museum number: 1889,0724.366 |
Producer name: BIOG35717 Drawn by:John Frederick Lewis |
Production date: 1805-1876

drawing

Museum number: 1892,0411.10 |
Producer name: After:Charles TurnerFormerly attributed to:Charles Turner |
Production date: 1773-1857

drawing

Museum number: 1889,0724.362 |
Producer name: BIOG32398 Drawn by:William Henry Hunt |
Production date: 1790-1864

drawing; print

Museum number: 1890,0806.2 |
Producer name: Drawn by:Joseph Mallord William TurnerAfter:Edward Dayes |
Production date: 1775-1851

hashira-e; diptych print

Museum number: 1908,0414,0.1064.a-b |
Producer name: BIOG3277 Print artist:Isoda Koryusai (磯田湖龍齋) |
Cultures/periods: x13823 Edo Period |
Production date: 1770s |
Production place: Printed in:Japan

icon

Title: Icon with St Jerome |
Museum number: 1994,0501.1 |
Production date: 1400-1450 |
Production place: Painted in:CretePainted in:Venice (city)

medal

Museum number: M.4982 |
Producer name: BIOG111756 Designed by:W Mainwaring |
Production date: 1791 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

medal

Museum number: M.4981 |
Producer name: BIOG111756 Designed by:W Mainwaring |
Production date: 1791 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

pamphlet; print

Title: Views in Savoy, Switzerland, and on the Rhine, from drawings made upon the spot, by John Dennis. |
Museum number: 1958,0712.2995.1-31 |
Producer name: After:John DennisPrint made by:John Dennis |
Production date: 1820-1822 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: 1937,1211.24 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WardAfter:William Owen |
Production date: 1781-1826

print

Museum number: 1937,1211.23 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WardAfter:Sir Thomas Lawrence |
Production date: 1820-1826

print

Museum number: 1889,0724.228 |
Producer name: Print made by:James Baylis AllenAfter:Joseph Mallord William Turner |
Production date: 1832

print

Title: Ale-house Politicians |
Museum number: T,7.103 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WardAfter:George Morland |
Production date: 1801

print

Title: Sir Henry Blosset Kt., Chief Justice of Bengal |
Museum number: 1902,1011.6191 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WardAfter:John Jackson |
Production date: 1822-1826

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1889,0724.299 |
Producer name: After:Joseph Mallord William TurnerPrint made by:Edward Goodall |
Production date: 1833

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1889,0724.296 |
Producer name: After:Joseph Mallord William TurnerPrint made by:Edward Goodall |
Production date: 1833

print

Museum number: 1898,0727.10 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WardAfter:John Opie |
Production date: 1781-1826

print

Title: Willm H Wollaston M.D. V.P.R.S. |
Museum number: 1902,1011.6298 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WardAfter:John Jackson |
Production date: 1824

print

Title: Chain Bridge over the River Tees Picturesque Views in England and Wales |
Museum number: 1889,0724.257 |
Producer name: After:Joseph Mallord William TurnerPrint made by:William Richard Smith |
Production date: 1838

print

Museum number: 2010,7081.3964 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WardAfter:James Ward |
Production date: 1781-1826

print; book-illustration

Title: Raby Castle, Co of Durham |
Museum number: 1891,0617.43 |
Producer name: After:Joseph Mallord William TurnerPrint made by:Samuel Rawle |
Production date: 1820

print

Title: Madame Ricardi Circasienne Ariadne |
Museum number: 1873,0809.329 |
Producer name: After:Sir Joshua ReynoldsIntermediary draughtsman:Giovanni Battista Lampi |
Production date: 1781-1826

print

Title: John Forbes of New Strathdon Aberdeenshire, formerly of Bombay, London |
Museum number: 1868,0808.1590 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WardAfter:John James Masquerier |
Production date: 1822

print

Title: Dunwich Picturesque Views on the East Coast of England |
Museum number: 1891,0617.61 |
Producer name: After:Joseph Mallord William TurnerPrint made by:James Charles Allen |
Production date: 1830-1831

print

Title: Lancaster Sands Picturesque views in England and Wales |
Museum number: 1889,0724.185 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert BrandardAfter:Joseph Mallord William Turner |
Production date: 1828

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1889,0724.302 |
Producer name: After:Joseph Mallord William TurnerPrint made by:Edward Goodall |
Production date: 1833

print

Title: Edward, Earl of Harewood, Viscount Lascelles and Baron Harewood |
Museum number: 1902,1011.6238 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WardAfter:John Jackson |
Production date: 1820

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1889,0724.281 |
Producer name: After:Joseph Mallord William TurnerPrint made by:Edward Goodall |
Production date: 1833

print

Title: Bernard Castle, Durham Picturesque views in England and Wales |
Museum number: 1889,0724.176 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert William WallisAfter:Joseph Mallord William Turner |
Production date: 1827

print

Title: Mr William Bicknell Sen.r |
Museum number: 2010,7081.3875 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WardAfter:Samuel Drummond |
Production date: 1813

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1889,0724.291 |
Producer name: After:Joseph Mallord William TurnerPrint made by:Edward Goodall |
Production date: 1833

print

Museum number: 1861,1109.260 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WardAfter:Ferdinand Bol |
Production date: 1781-1826

print

Title: Boccaccio, the Bird Cage |
Museum number: 1889,0724.268 |
Producer name: After:Joseph Mallord William TurnerPrint made by:John P Quilley |
Production date: 1830

print

Title: Setters |
Museum number: 1870,1008.2827 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WardAfter:George Morland |
Production date: 1806

print

Title: The Honble Jonathan Duncan |
Museum number: 1913,0611.68 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WardAfter:John James Masquerier |
Production date: 1823

print

Title: Sir Robert Thomas Wilson |
Museum number: 1902,1011.6295 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WardAfter:Henry William Pickersgill |
Production date: 1819

print

Title: Mr Thomas Tayler |
Museum number: 2010,7081.3929 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WardAfter:William Redmore Bigg |
Production date: 1796

print

Title: Davenport and Dockyard, Devonshire Picturesque Views in England and Wales |
Museum number: 1889,0724.195 |
Producer name: After:Joseph Mallord William TurnerPrint made by:Thomas Jeavons |
Production date: 1830

print

Title: George Holme Sumner Esqr M.P. |
Museum number: 2010,7081.3934 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WardAfter:Thomas Stewardson |
Production date: 1814

print

Title: ...The Right Honble George Grenville Nugent... |
Museum number: 2010,7081.3879 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WardAfter:John Jackson |
Production date: 1781-1826

print

Title: Anthony Chamier |
Museum number: 1840,0808.53 |
Producer name: After:Sir Joshua ReynoldsPrint made by:William Ward |
Production date: 1780

print

Title: The Water Mill Landscapes by Eminent English Masters |
Museum number: 1893,0612.195 |
Producer name: After:Joseph Mallord William TurnerPrint made by:William Gauci |
Production date: 1852

print

Title: Source of the Tamar and Torridge The Rivers of Devon |
Museum number: 1891,0617.36 |
Producer name: After:Joseph Mallord William TurnerPrint made by:William Bernard Cooke |
Production date: 1850

print

Title: The Prince Regent |
Museum number: 1872,0309.430 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WardAfter:Thomas Phillips |
Production date: 1816

print

Title: Sir George Campbell KCB Admiral of the Blue |
Museum number: 1912,0612.30 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WardAfter:Sir William Beechey |
Production date: 1819

print

Title: James Ferguson Esqr of Pitfour M.P. for the County of Aberdeen |
Museum number: 1902,1011.6224 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WardAfter:Sir William Beechey |
Production date: 1818

print

Title: Nicholas Smith Esquire, Accountant General of the Court of Chancery |
Museum number: 1902,1011.6269 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WardAfter:William Owen |
Production date: 1812

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1889,0724.286 |
Producer name: After:Joseph Mallord William TurnerPrint made by:Edward Goodall |
Production date: 1833

print

Title: Robt Shaw |
Museum number: 1902,1011.6267 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WardAfter:Gabriel Stuart |
Production date: 1797

print

Title: Long-Ships Light House, Lands End Picturesque Views in England and Wales |
Museum number: 1889,0724.245 |
Producer name: After:Joseph Mallord William TurnerPrint made by:William Richard Smith |
Production date: 1836

print

Museum number: 1902,1011.6302 |
Producer name: BIOG50356 Print made by:William Ward |
Production date: 1781-1826

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1889,0724.283 |
Producer name: After:Joseph Mallord William TurnerPrint made by:William Miller |
Production date: 1833

print

Title: Tynemouth, Northumberland Picturesque Views in England and Wales |
Museum number: 1889,0724.209 |
Producer name: After:Joseph Mallord William TurnerPrint made by:William Richard Smith |
Production date: 1831

print

Title: Llanthony, Monmouthshire Picturesque Views in England and Wales |
Museum number: 1889,0724.244 |
Producer name: After:Joseph Mallord William TurnerPrint made by:James Tibbetts Willmore |
Production date: 1836

print

Title: Dunwich Picturesque Views on the East Coast of England |
Museum number: 1891,0617.60 |
Producer name: After:Joseph Mallord William TurnerPrint made by:James Charles Allen |
Production date: 1830-1831

print

Title: Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire Picturesque views in England and Wales |
Museum number: 1889,0724.171 |
Producer name: After:Joseph Mallord William TurnerPrint made by:Robert William Wallis |
Production date: 1827

print

Title: Knaresborough, Yorkshire Picturesque views in England and Wales |
Museum number: 1889,0724.186 |
Producer name: After:Joseph Mallord William TurnerPrint made by:Thomas Jeavons |
Production date: 1828

print

Title: David Wilkie R A |
Museum number: 1859,0806.406 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WardAfter:Andrew Geddes |
Production date: 1818

print

Title: The Laughing Boy Gems of Art |
Museum number: 1877,0210.211 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WardAfter:Bartolomé Esteban Murillo |
Production date: 1825

print

Title: Arundel Castle and Town, Sussex Picturesque Views in England and Wales |
Museum number: 1889,0724.235 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas JeavonsAfter:Joseph Mallord William Turner |
Production date: 1834

print

Title: Orford, Suffolk Picturesque views in England and Wales |
Museum number: 1889,0724.179 |
Producer name: After:Joseph Mallord William TurnerPrint made by:Robert Brandard |
Production date: 1827

print

Title: Joseph Cotton Esqr |
Museum number: 1870,1008.2521 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WardAfter:Thomas Stewardson |
Production date: 1808

print

Title: Penmaen Mawr, Caernarvonshire Picturesque Views in England and Wales |
Museum number: 1889,0724.233 |
Producer name: Print made by:James Tibbetts WillmoreAfter:Joseph Mallord William Turner |
Production date: 1834

print

Title: James Ferguson Esqr of Pitfour M.P. for the County of Aberdeen |
Museum number: 1902,1011.6223 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WardAfter:Sir William Beechey |
Production date: 1818

print

Title: The Works of JMW Turner, RA |
Museum number: 1889,0724.265 |
Producer name: After:Joseph Mallord William TurnerPrint made by:Leighton Bros |
Production date: 1852

print

Title: Winchelsea, Sussex Picturesque Views in England and Wales |
Museum number: 1889,0724.203 |
Producer name: After:Joseph Mallord William TurnerPrint made by:Josiah Henshall |
Production date: 1830

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1889,0724.278 |
Producer name: After:Joseph Mallord William TurnerPrint made by:Edward Goodall |
Production date: 1833

print

Title: The Laughing Boy Gems of Art |
Museum number: 1878,0112.203 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WardAfter:Bartolomé Esteban Murillo |
Production date: 1825

print

Title: James Earl of Malmesbury, Knight of the Bath, One of His Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council &c |
Museum number: 1902,1011.6249 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WardAfter:Sir Thomas Lawrence |
Production date: 1807

print

Title: A Sailors Return in Peace |
Museum number: 2010,7081.3903 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WardAfter:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1798

print

Museum number: 1943,0410.2237 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WardAfter:James Ward |
Production date: 1790-1820s

print

Title: Mr Phillips's Dog Friend |
Museum number: 1899,0420.12 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WardAfter:George Morland |
Production date: 1789-1826

print

Title: Mr William Bicknell Senr Master of an Academy at Tooting, Surry, late of Ponder's End... |
Museum number: 1902,1011.6185 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WardAfter:Samuel Drummond |
Production date: 1813

print

Museum number: 1917,1208.3482 |
Producer name: Print made by:Maxim GauciAfter:Alfred Edward Chalon |
Production date: 1829

print

Title: The Most Noble George Grenville Nugent Temple, Marquis of Buckingham K.G... |
Museum number: 1902,1011.6198 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WardAfter:John Jackson |
Production date: 1813-1826

print

Title: Straits of Dover Picturesque views in England and Wales |
Museum number: 1889,0724.180 |
Producer name: After:Joseph Mallord William TurnerPrint made by:William Miller |
Production date: 1827

print

Title: Harriet ravish'd in the Summer House |
Museum number: 2010,7081.528 |
Producer name: Attributed to:William WardAfter:George Morland |
Production date: 1787

print

Title: A View of Oxford from the Abingdon Road |
Museum number: 1891,0617.71 |
Producer name: After:Joseph Mallord William TurnerPrint made by:John Pye, the younger |
Production date: 1818 |
Production place: Published in:Oxford

print

Title: ...the celebrated Greyhound Snowball... |
Museum number: 2010,7081.3927 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WardAfter:Henry Barnard Chalon |
Production date: 1807

print

Museum number: 1902,1011.6172 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WardAfter:John Hoppner |
Production date: 1781-1826

print

Title: Lowestoffe Lighthouse Picturesque Views on the East Coast of England |
Museum number: 1891,0617.56 |
Producer name: Print made by:James Charles AllenAfter:Joseph Mallord William Turner |
Production date: 1830-1831

print

Title: A. Goodwin, M.D. |
Museum number: 1902,1011.6234 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WardAfter:James Rawlinson |
Production date: 1819

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