View of Cambridge from Castle Hill
James Ward
- Art Funded
- 2015
- Dimensions
- 44.5 x 95.3 cm
- Vendor
- Peter Johnson Fine Art
As well as training as an engraver, Ward studied anatomy and agreed to produce portraits of various cattle breeds for the Agricultural Society, resulting in him becoming one of the most significant animal painters of his generation.
This rare panoramic painting depicts the intricate architecture of Cambridge, as well as rural farm workers, animals and the distant rolling hills.
Provenance
Believed to have been commissioned by Duke of Northumberland; by whom gifted to Mr and Mrs P.E. Seguier; by whom gifted to G Leggatt; by whom gifted to Percy Johnson; by descent in the Johnson family.