Oil paint on canvas
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/james-ward-581" aria-label="More by James Ward" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">James Ward</a>
Sheeps Heads
Presented by the Art Fund 1943
animals: features
animals: mammals
head
sheep
<p>Ward defended Blake against charges of madness, claiming that 'There can be no doubt of his having been what the world calls a man of genius. But his genius was of a peculiar character, sometimes above, sometimes below the comprehension of his fellow-men.' Ward was decidedly eccentric but he was among the artists who recognised the merits of Blake's group of woodcuts illustrating Robert Thornton's translation of Virgil.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
1 May 2018 – 31 October 2018
2018-10-31
1 May 2018 – 31 October 2018
2018-10-31
2018-05-01
National Horseracing Museum (Newmarket, UK)
http://www.nhrm.co.uk/
2018-05-01
James Ward R.A.: Animal Painting and Ambition
Loan-out
21 September 2019 – 25 January 2020
2020-01-25
21 September 2019 – 25 January 2020
2020-01-25
2019-09-21
Lowewood Museum (Hoddesdon, UK)
2019-09-21
James Ward
Loan-out
Study of Sheeps’ Heads
support: 495 × 768 mm
frame: 562 × 850 × 65 mm
Presented by the <a href="/search?gid=999999968" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Art Fund</a> 1943
<p>Ward defended Blake against charges of madness, claiming that 'There can be no doubt of his having been what the world calls a man of genius. But his genius was of a peculiar character, sometimes above, sometimes below the comprehension of his fellow-men.' Ward was decidedly eccentric but he was among the artists who recognised the merits of Blake's group of <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/w/woodcut" title="Glossary definition for 'Woodcut'"><span>woodcuts</span></a> illustrating Robert Thornton's translation of Virgil.</p>
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animals: features animals: mammals head sheep