Gilbert Stuart / Portrait of James Ward / 1799

Gilbert Stuart
Portrait of James Ward
1799
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Creator Name: Stuart, Gilbert
Creator Nationality: North American; American
Creator Role: painter
Creator Dates/Places: 1755 - 1828
Gender: M
Creator Name-CRT: Gilbert Stuart
Title: Portrait of James Ward
View: front
Creation Start Date: 1799
Creation End Date: 1799
Creation Date: 1799
Object Type: Paintings
Classification Term: oil on canvas
Materials and Techniques: oil on canvas
Dimensions: H.29-1/2 x D.25 in.
Inscriptions: SIGNATURE, DATE
AMICA Contributor: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Owner Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
ID Number: 16.2
Credit Line: The William Hood Dunwoody Fund
Rights: http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html
Context:

This portrait of the engraver and animal-painter James Ward (1769-1859) was painted while Gilbert Stuart , a Rhode Island native, was working in the studio of Benjamin West in London. Stuart first met Ward when he was twelve and an errand boy for the artists and has posed him in mid-17th century dress with a poodle.

AMICA ID: MIA_.16.2
Component Measured: overall
Measurement Unit: in
AMICA Library Year: 2000
Media Metadata Rights: ?The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

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