Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
James Ward, 1769–1859, British
Title:
Dr. Syntax, a Bay Racehorse, Standing in a Coastal Landscape, an Estuary Beyond
Date:
1820
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
28 1/4 x 36 1/4 inches (71.8 x 92.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated, lower left: "JWARD [monogram] RA 1820 ~"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2001.2.287
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
sporting art | landscape | estuary | equestrian | standing | horse (animal)
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
James Ward (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-05-21 - 2004-08-22)
Publications:
Oliver Beckett, The life and work of James Ward, R.A., 1769-1859, the forgotten genius , Book Guild, Lewes (England), 1995, pp. 100, 105-06, 194, no. 132, NJ18 W21 B42 1995 (YCBA)

James Ward, Esq. R.A., Part 1 , The Sporting Magazine, n.s. vol. 19, no. 110, November 1826, p. 2, Sporting 2090 (YCBA Rare Books)

Edward John Nygren, James Ward, RA (1769-1859) : Papers and Patrons, Volume of the Walpole Society, vol. 75, 2013, p. 323, 324, no. 325, Pl. XXXVII, N12 W35 +A1Oversize (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:42751