A Sheep Resting, c. 1800/1810

Not on View

Medium

graphite with watercolor and green crayon on wove paper

Dimensions

overall: 14 x 22 cm (5 1/2 x 8 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of William B. O'Neal

Accession Number

1995.52.190

Artists / Makers

James Ward (artist) British, 1769 - 1859

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in graphite: JWD.RA. (signature by Ward probably added later); by later hand, center verso in graphite: 1 1/2 - / 2 / 2 1/4; by later hand, center right verso in pen and black ink: 989; by later hand, lower center verso in grap

Provenance

(Bury Street Gallery [William Drummond], London); purchased by William B. O'Neal, Charlottesville, VA, 1985-1994; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Bury Street Gallery
O'Neal, William B., Estate of
O'Neal, William B., Professor

Exhibition History

1993: Drawings from the O'Neal Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1993, no. 42.

1996: Drawings from the O'Neal Collection, Georgia Museum of Art, The University of Georgia, Athens, 4 May-16 June, 1996.

Bibliography

1993: NGA O'Neal 1993, ex 42.