The Falls of the Clyde After a Flood

James Ward RA, 1769-1859

Oil on canvas

49 1/2 x 39 inches (125 x 99 cm)

Exhibited: London, Royal Academy of Arts, 1852 (1125)

This painting derives from sketches made by Ward in 1811, at the time he was making studies for his painting for Lord Ribblesdale of Gordale Scar in Yorkshire, shown at the Royal Academy in 1815 and now at the Tate Gallery.

Bibliography

Beckett, Oliver. The Life and Work of James Ward, RA. 1995, p.193, no.97.

The Fine Art Society Story. Part I. London: The Fine Art Society, 2001. Catalogue Number 141.

Grundy, C. Reginald. James Ward, RA, 1909, p.43 no.297.

Nygren, Edward John. "The Art of James Ward RA 1769-1859," a dissertation presented to the faculty of the Graduate School of Yale University, May 1976

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