donkeys

donkeys

Reference

2261

James Ward (1768-1859)
Studies of two Donkeys

Signed and dated 1810 lower right
oil on laid paper
13 x 17½in (33 x 44.5cm)

PROVENANCE
(possibly) Ward sale, Christie's, 29 May 1829, lot 94, as A Spanish Ass, bought by Colburn;
Sotheby's, 23 June 1971, lot 7, as Two Donkeys in a Landscape;
Private collection, London

EXHIBITED
(possibly) Ward's exhibition of his own work at his home in Newman Street, 1822, no.5,
as A Young Ass of the Spanish Breed, the property of the late Thomas Garle, Esq.
Newmarket, Palace House, James Ward - Animal Painter, 4th May to 28th October 2018