JAMES WARD, R. A. 



(Born 1769. Died 1859.) 



JAMES WARD was born in Thames Street, 

 London, on October 23, 1769. He owed his 

 first introduction to the arts to the industry and ability 

 of his elder brother William, who, at an early age, 

 had been apprenticed to Raphael Smith, an engraver 

 of some note. William, who afterwards became an 

 Associate of the Royal Academy, stood so high 

 in Smith's esteem that, when James reached his 

 eleventh or twelfth year, the engraver offered to 

 take him also as an apprentice. Smith's methods, 

 however, did not commend themselves to the boy, 

 whose taste for drawing was already developing. 

 Instead of receiving instruction in the elements of 

 the engraver's art, he was required to perform only 

 such tasks as window-cleaning and running errands; 

 his attempts at draughtsmanship were discouraged, 

 and he was not even allowed the use of chalks and 

 paper. Referring in after years to his apprentice- 

 ship, he says that the only paper he could get was 

 waste or unfinished proofs of engravings, and these 

 latter were rendered so rotten by the process to 



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