The Blind Beggar of Bednall Green

1804

William Ward

Associated Names
William Ward

Artist, British, 1766 - 1826

William Owen

Artist After, British, 1769 - 1825

The image shows a young woman standing behind an older man who is seated. The young woman has an oval-shaped face, dark hair partially covered by a wide-brimmed hat, and wears a dress with long sleeves. The older man has a bushy beard and white hair, wearing a cloak and holding a fabric or blanket. The background includes a cloudy sky, foliage, and a stone structure on the left.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Paul Mellon Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 60.1 x 47.9 cm (23 11/16 x 18 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 60.7 x 48.3 cm (23 7/8 x 19 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.118.69

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Chaloner Smith 1884, no. 95

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Christopher Lennox-Boyd; (Nicholas Stogdon, Oxford); purchased 2001 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1884

  • Smith, John Chaloner. British mezzotinto portraits, being a descriptive catalogue of these engravings from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century. 4 vols. London: Henry Sotheran and Co., 1884.

1904

  • Frankau, Julia. William Ward, A.R.A., James Ward, R.A.: Their Lives and Works. London, 1904.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Painted by Wm. Owen / The Blind Beggar of Bednall Green / His reverend lockes... lower center in plate: LONDON / Pbud. April 2 1804, by MESSRS WARDS & CO. / No. 6. Newman St; lower right in plate: Engraved by Willm. Ward Mezzotinto Engraver to his Royal Highness the Duke of York. / Le Mendiant aveugle de Bednall Green / .. Ses Cheveux vénérables... ; lower center in plate: Engraved from the Original Picture in the Possession of Thomas Heathcote Esqr. to whom this Plate is Dedicated by his most Obedi. Humble Servt. WM WARD
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Wikidata ID

Q76360118

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