Edward Matthew Ward

1816–1879

*Scene from ‘David Garrick’*
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Biography

Edward Matthew Ward, , (14 July 1816 – 15 January 1879) was a British painter who specialised in historical genre. He is best known for his murals in the Palace of Westminster depicting episodes in British history from the English Civil War to the Glorious Revolution.

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Artworks

Doctor Johnson in the Ante-Room of the Lord Chesterfield Waiting for an Audience, 1748
Edward Matthew Ward
1845, exhibited 1848
The Disgrace of Lord Clarendon, after his Last Interview with the King - Scene at Whitehall Palace, in 1667 (replica)
Edward Matthew Ward
1846
The South Sea Bubble, a Scene in ‘Change Alley in 1720
Edward Matthew Ward
1847, exhibited 1847
James II in his Palace of Whitehall, Receiving the News of the Landing of the Prince of Orange, in 1688
Edward Matthew Ward
exhibited 1850
Scene from ‘David Garrick’
Edward Matthew Ward
date not known

Biography

Artworks

Doctor Johnson in the Ante-Room of the Lord Chesterfield Waiting for an Audience, 1748

The Disgrace of Lord Clarendon, after his Last Interview with the King - Scene at Whitehall Palace, in 1667 (replica)

The South Sea Bubble, a Scene in ‘Change Alley in 1720

James II in his Palace of Whitehall, Receiving the News of the Landing of the Prince of Orange, in 1688

Scene from ‘David Garrick’

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