Edward Matthew Ward (BRITISH 1816-1879)

Sold for $7,500 at Shapiro Auctions LLC on May 18, 2019.

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EDWARD MATTHEW WARD (BRITISH 1816-1879) La Toilette des Morts - Charlotte Corday in the Prison of the Conciergerie, 1862 oil on canvas 77.3 x 63.5 cm (30 3/8 x 25 in.) signed and dated lower left PROVENANCE Thomas Williams, Esq., London, 1863; George Fox, Esq. 1873; Christie`s, Scotland, October 25, 1995, lot 926; Lyon and Turnbull, London, December 6, 2002, lot 30; Sotheby`s, London, November 30, 2003, lot 333; Christie`s, New York, April 22, 2004, lot 78 EXHIBITED Royal Academy, London, 1863, no. 124; World Exposition, Vienna, 1873, no. 118. LITERATUREGraves, Algernon. The Royal Academy of Arts: A Complete Dictionary of Contributors, vol. 8. London: Henry Graves & Co./George Bell & Sons, 1906; The Art-Journal. London: Virtue & Co., 1869, p. 36 and engraving of the painting illustrated on the frontispiece; The British Architect and Northern Engineer. vol. 13 (Jan.-June): 1880, p. 202; Welt-Ausstellung 1873 in Wien, Officieller Kunst-Catalog. Vienna: Druckerei des Journals, die Presse, 1873, p. 78.

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