A VICTORIAN ARTIST
The death occurred suddenly at his cottage at TTerMown, Dorset, of Mr. Edwin 'V7ard, the artist, famous among an older generation as ono of the moat entertaining of that Bohemian circle which flourished in later "Victorian and early Edwardian days. Mr. Ward, who was 73 years old, had been in failing health for some time..
His "Recollections of a Savage," published when he had been a member of the Savage Club for 34 years, was applaudod as one of the most amusing volumes of reminiscences for years. It contained stories of persons so diversified as tfae lato Lord Randolph Churchill, J. L. Sullivan, the prizefighter, and Phil May, the cartoonist. It also recorded his friendship with the late Lord Northcliffej and referred to the late Mr. St. John Harmsworth as "far and away the most attractive young man I have ever met.". Mr. Ward, who was born^t Retford, Nottinghamshire, had already painted a self-portrait at the ago of 12. Ho went to Chelsea at the age of 19 to study privately. His commission for 20 or 30 .political portraits, which now hang in the Reform Club, set a new vogue in portrait painting, for in those spacious days when canvases were- of enormous size, he rarely worked on any larger than two square feetT I
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 80, 2 October 1933, Page 5
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218A VICTORIAN ARTIST Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 80, 2 October 1933, Page 5
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