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Description: | William Henry James Ward was born c.1831 in Stepney. He was the illegitimate son of James Charles Ward. We have no knowledge of his mother except from his christening in Paddington on 17 June 1832, where she is named as "Mary Ann". Father and son moved to Birmingham in the 1830's where they lived with William's grandmother Ann. The young William like his father showed early artistic talent, and was encouraged to follow in his father's footsteps. He became a competent still-life painter while still in his teens and pursued a career as an artist in Birmingham all his life. In his later years he turned to painting rather sentimental scenes of rural life. He died on 10 October 1902.
A portrait of a girl wearing a white coat and a purple dress. She is scrubbing a bucket in a yard. There is a door behind her to the left and a fence across the back of the scene. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Sandwell Museums | Rights holder: | SMBC | Subjects: | Watercolour painting Portrait painting Fine arts Works on paper Fashion Clothing | Source: | Black Country History | Creator: | Ward; William H (1831 - 1902) | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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