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Edward Matthew Ward The Investiture of Napoleon III with the Order of the Garter 18 April 1855 (mk25) oil painting on canvas
The Investiture of Napoleon III with the Order of the Garter 18 April 1855 (mk25)
Painting ID::  24221
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Edward Matthew Ward The Investiture of Napoleon III with the Order of the Garter 18 April 1855 (mk25) oil painting on canvas



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  Edward Matthew Ward
  British Painter. 1816-1879 His parents encouraged his early interest in art. He was sent to a number of art schools, including that of John Cawse (1779-1862), before gaining entry to the Royal Academy Schools in 1835. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1834 with Adelphi Smith as Don Quixote (untraced). In 1836 he went abroad for further study, visiting Paris and Venice on the way to Rome, where he spent three years. His first work of any consequence was Cimabue and Giotto (untraced), which he sent back to the Royal Academy show of 1839. On the way back to England at the end of that year Ward visited Munich to learn the technique of modern fresco painting in order to take part in the competition to decorate the Palace of Westminster, but his cartoon, Boadicea (1843; untraced), was unsuccessful. However, in 1852 he was commissioned to produce eight pictures for the Palace of Westminster, on subjects drawn from the English Civil War, the best of which is the Last Sleep of Argyll (1860s) in the Commons Corridor of the Houses of Parliament
  The Investiture of Napoleon III with the Order of the Garter 18 April 1855 (mk25)
  1860

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