232 ANIMAL PAINTERS 



In 1807, he was elected an Associate of the 

 Royal Academy, and in 181 1 an Academican. His 

 diploma picture, A Bacchanalian, was presented 

 in 181 2. 



The great canvas representing an " Allegory of 

 the Battle of Waterloo," was finished by Ward 

 after five years' work in 1823. The Directors of 

 the British Institution, in 181 7, had offered a prize 

 of ^1,000 for the sketch which should best express 

 in an allegorical spirit the triumph of the Duke of 

 Wellinofton. Ward's sketch was selected ; he had 

 always had a leaning towards the allegorical, but it 

 may be doubted whether his achievements in this 

 particular department of art were of a character to 

 bring him the fame he won as a painter of animal 

 life. The picture was ordered, and after some vicissi- 

 tudes due to its vast size (35 feet by 21 feet) was 

 hung in Chelsea Hospital. 



Portraits of hunters, chargers and racehorses, 

 figure largely among the artist's Royal Academy 

 picures, as also do portraits of cattle and dogs. 

 His two 1 8 18 contributions, an Arab belonging 

 to the Earl of Powis, and a Favourite Hunter 

 of Theophilus Levett, Esq., receive favourable 

 notice from a critic of the time who refers to the 

 excellence of the anatomical drawing and colour, 

 and to the happy rendering of the silky texture of 

 the horses' coats. One of his contributions to the 



