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 shield, preceded by Plague and Famine and dragged on by Alecto bearing a torch, rushes from the open temple of Janus, trampling down the Arts and Sciences in his progress; Venus, Cybele, and Cupids in vain attempt to restrain his warlike ardour. Carried to Paris; returned in 1815. Engraved by Avril; Paradisi.—Smith, ii. 150; Landon, Musée, iv. Pl. 9; Gal. du Pal. Pitti, iv. Pl. 88.

Horrors of War, Rubens, Palazzo Pitti, Florence.

WARD, EDGAR M., born in Urbana, Ohio; contemporary. Figure and genre painter, younger brother of J. Q. A. Ward, sculptor; pupil of the National Academy, New York, of the École des Beaux Arts and of Cabanel, Paris. First exhibited in National Academy in 1871, and in the Paris Salon in 1876. Elected an A.N.A. in 1876; N.A. in 1883. Studio in New York. Works: Brittany Washerwomen (1876); The Sabot Maker, Venetian Water Carriers, Washing in Brittany (1878); Street Scene—Tréport (1879); Normandy Cooper (1880); Tobacco Field—Old Virginny (1881); Feeling the Edge (1882); Collar Shop (1883), T. B. Clarke, New York; Street in Tréport—Normandy (1884); The Cobblers, Resting, The Blessing (1886).

WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW, born in London in 1816, died there, Jan. 15, 1879. History painter, pupil of Royal Academy in 1835; then worked nearly three years in Rome, and after studying fresco painting under Cornelius at Munich returned to England and exhibited his Cimabue and Giotto. His Dr. Johnson reading the MS. of the Vicar of Wakefield (1843) first brought him into notice; elected an A.R.A. in 1846, and R.A. in 1855. In 1852 and later, he executed eight historic pictures, six in fresco and two in water-glass, in the corridor of the House of Commons. In the National Gallery are: Dr. Johnson in the Anteroom of Lord Chesterfield (1845), Disgrace of Lord Clarendon (1846), South Sea Bubble (1847), James II. receiving News of Landing of Prince of Orange (1850). Other works: Charlotte Corday led to Execution (1852); Execution of Montrose (1853); Last Sleep of Argyll (1854); Marie Antoinette parting with the Dauphin (1856); Napoleon III. receiving Order of the Garter (1859); Night of Rizzio's Murder (1865); Earl of Leicester and Amy Robsart (1866); Landing of Charles II. at Dover (1873); William III. and Mary receiving the Lords and Commons at Whitehall (1874); Last Interview between Napoleon I. and Queen Louisa of Prussia at Tilsit (1877).—Cat. Nat. Gal.; Jas. Dafforne, Life, etc. (London, 1879); Sandby, ii. 299.

WARD, HENRIETTA, born in London in 1832. Genre painter, granddaughter of James Ward, R.A., and wife of Edward M. Ward; has exhibited at Royal Academy many years. Works: Mary Queen of Scots quitting Stirling (1863); Palissy the Potter (1866); Childhood of Joan of Arc (1867); Lady Jane