JAMES WARD, R.A. (BRITISH 1769-1859), ENTRANCE TO THE PEAK CAVERN, DERBYSHIRE

JAMES WARD, R.A. (BRITISH 1769-1859) ENTRANCE TO THE PEAK CAVERN, DERBYSHIRE Pencil Signed with monogram and inscribed with title (lower left) 25.5 x 36cm (10 x 14in.) Provenance: Peter Cochrane Sale, Christie's, London, Dramas of Light and Land: The Martyn Gregory Collection of British Art, 10-24 March 2022, lot 19 The collection of Russell Worby Exhibited: London, Martyn Gregory, An Exhibition of British Watercolours and Drawings 1730-1870, cat. 89, 10-25 May 2012, no. 77 Ward had several important patrons in Derbyshire and his second wife, Charlotte Fritche, whom he married in 1827 came from the county. Ward exhibited a picture entitled Looking into the Peak Cavern, Derbyshire in 1841 in Ward’s Newman Street Gallery. He noted in his catalogue, ‘The entrance into this cavern under the shelter of the rocks is turned into a rope walk. The immensity of the rocks give the men the appearance of pygmies; and the high poles erected bear the appearance of so many gibbets.’ The drawing dates from 1810-1815 and stylistically relates to Ward’s drawings of Gordale Scar. Condition Report Disclaimer, JAMES WARD, R.A. (BRITISH 1769-1859), ENTRANCE TO THE PEAK CAVERN, DERBYSHIRE, JAMES WARD, R.A. (BRITISH 1769-1859) ENTRANCE TO THE PEAK CAVERN, DERBYSHIRE Pencil Signed with monogram and inscribed with title (lower left) 25.5 x 36cm (10 x 14in.) Provenance: Peter Cochrane Sale, Christie's, London, Dramas of Light and Land: The Martyn Gregory Collection of British Art, 10-24 March 2022, lot 19 The collection of Russell Worby Exhibited: London, Martyn Gregory, An Exhibition of British Watercolours and Drawings 1730-1870, cat. 89, 10-25 May 2012, no. 77 Ward had several important patrons in Derbyshire and his second wife, Charlotte Fritche, whom he married in 1827 came from the county. Ward exhibited a picture entitled Looking into the Peak Cavern, Derbyshire in 1841 in Ward’s Newman Street Gallery. He noted in his catalogue, ‘The entrance into this cavern under the shelter of the rocks is turned into a rope walk. The immensity of the rocks give the men the appearance of pygmies; and the high poles erected bear the appearance of so many gibbets.’ The drawing dates from 1810-1815 and stylistically relates to Ward’s drawings of Gordale Scar. Provenance:, Dramas of Light and Land: The Martyn Gregory Collection of British Art, Exhibited:, An Exhibition of British Watercolours and Drawings 1730-1870, Looking into the Peak Cavern, Condition Report Disclaimer

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