A Farmer drinking from a Tankard

James Ward, R.A. (1769-1859)
A Farmer drinking from a Tankard

Signed with initials lower left
Black and white chalk on buff paper
26 by 14.6 cm., 10 ¼ by 5 ¾ in.

Provenance:
Anonymous sale, Christie's, 1st April 1881, lot 50;
With Thos. Agnew & Sons, 1998

Exhibited:
London, Thos Agnew & Sons, English Watercolours Drawings and small Oil Paintings, 25th February to 20th March 1998, no.29

This is a study for the figure to the right hand side in Ward's `The Farrier's Shop' exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1796, no.477.