Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
James Ward, 1769–1859, British
Title:
The Reapers
Date:
1800
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
18 1/8 x 24 1/4 inches (46 x 61.6 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2001.2.211
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
farmer | harvest | riding | dog (animal) | farm | genre subject | horse (animal) | reaper | babies | farming | rural | agriculture | saddle | working class | landowner | children | summer | worker
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
James Ward (Yale Center for British Art, 2004-05-21 - 2004-08-22)

The Paul Mellon Bequest : Treasures of a Lifetime (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-02-17 - 2001-04-29)
Publications:
Oliver Beckett, The life and work of James Ward, R.A., 1769-1859, the forgotten genius , Book Guild, Lewes (England), 1995, pp. 26, 193, no. 105, NJ18 W21 B42 1995 (YCBA)

Julia Frankau, William Ward, A.R.A, James Ward, R.A., Their Lives and Works , The Macmillan Company, London, 1904, pp. 250 facing, fig. XXV, NJ18 W21 F73 1904 (YCBA)

C. Reginald Grundy, James Ward R.A., his life and works, with a catalogue of his engravings and pictures , Otto limited, London, 1909, no. 343, NJ18 W21 G7+ OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Julia Marciari-Alexander, This other Eden : Paintings from the Yale Center for British Art, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1998, ND1314.3 Y36 1998 (YCBA)

Edward John Nygren, James Ward, RA (1769-1859) : Papers and Patrons, Volume of the Walpole Society, vol. 75, 2013, pp. 262-63, no.34, Pl. I, N12 W35 +A1Oversize (YCBA)

Malcolm Warner, The Paul Mellon Bequest : treasures of a lifetime, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, pp. 23, 27, N5247 M385 P28 2001 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:42756