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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.
An oil painting showing two young girls seated playing with a black and white rabbit. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Sandwell Museums | Rights holder: | SMBC | Subjects: | Fine arts | Temporal: | 1875
Victorian (1837-1901) | Source: | Black Country History | Creator: | Ward; William H (1831 - 1902) | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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