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fine in colour, and full of animation and character, which, though the talk of the day, was purchased by a dealer for 40/. He continued a large contributor to the Academy exhibitions ; commencing with domestic subjects, he soon introduced animals, and became distinguished as a cattle-painter. About the end of the cen- tury he painted some fine cows and bulls, ana his great picture of 'The Bull/ re- cently purchased for the National Gallery, for 1501)/., was a work of this date. He was elected an Associate of the Academy in 1807, and a full member in 1811. In 1817 he gained the premium offered by the Directors of the British Institution for an ' Allegory of the Battle of Waterloo/ and was commissioned by the Directors to paint a large picture from his sketch for 1000/. ; but the picture was a failure, the subject being unsuited to his art. In 1822 he painted 'The Boa Serpent seizing a Horse/ the horse being a portrait of Adonis, a favourite charger belonging to George III. : and he was for several years chieliy em- ployed as a painter of favourite horses. In his latter days he painted many subjects very miscellaneous in character. His works are very numerous. He retired about 1830 to Ohesnunt, and continuing an exhibitor at the Academy up to 1855, he died November 23, 1859. in his 91st year.

WARD, William James, mezzo-tint engraver. Son of the foregoing William Ward, and of an artist race, Ms talent was early developed. At the age of twelve years he gained a medal at the Society of Arts for a drawing after Raphael, and under the teaching of his father, soon excelled in his art. He engraved many portraits in a highly effective manner, combining great depth with richness of colour, and was most success- ful in his rendering of Reynolds's works. He became insane, arising, it was said, from an imprudent use of the cold bath, and died 1st March, 1840, aged about 40.

WARD, Martin T., animal painter. Brother of the above, with whom he some- times lived. He studied under Landseer, and first exhibited at the Academy in 1820, and in that yearand 1822-24-25 contributed portraits of dogs and horses. His name appears once more in 1830, when he sent two pictures of animals to the Institute of Brit- ish Artists. From this time he is lost sight of, but about 1840 he was leading a most eccentric life in Yorkshire, where his works were well known. Two or three years later he took up his residence in York, and till his death was never known to have left that city. He died February 13, 1874. He had kept his room for several days, and was found insensible on the floor in a scene of great wretchedness and squalor.

WARD, The Rev. Samuel, caricaturist. He was celebrated as a teacher at Ipswich in 458

the reign of James II., and no less as a cari- caturist. He designed a print published in 1621, * Spayne and Rome Defeated,' repre- senting the Pope in Council and the Gun- powder Plot. On the complaint of the Spanish Ambassador, he was imprisoned by the Court of Star Chamber. On his release he returned to Ipswich, and confined himself to the ornamentation of his published ser- mons, and his * Woe to Drunkards/ 1635, on the title-page to which are two designs. Later he fell into the iron grasp of Bishop Wren and Archbishop Laud. He died in 1639.

WARE, Samuel, architect. He practised in London, and enjoyed some reputation. He exhibited some designs at the Academy in 1807 > In 181 1 he was one of the compe- titors for the erection of Bethlehem Hospital The Burlington Arcade, erected in 1819, is his best known work. He published a
 * Treatise on the Properties of Arches.'

WARE, Isaac, architect. Was originally a chimney-sweeper's boy, and one day chalk- ing the side of a house, he attracted the notice of a gentleman, who befriended and educated him, and sent him to Italy to pursue his studies, but it is said, the stain of his original calling was not obliterated on his return. He was the architect of Chester- field House, finished in 1749 ; of the man- sion at Wrotham Park, Middlesex ; and of a part of Bloomsbury Square. He was a member of the Artist Committee formed in 1755 to plan a Royal Academy, and one of the Surveyors of the Board of Works. He edited an edition of ' Palladio/ a ' Complete Body of Architecture, with some Unpub- lished Designs of Inigo Jones/ and ' Plans, Elevations, and Sections of Houghton, Nor- folk.' He amassed considerable property, resided in Bloomsbury Square, and built himself a country house at Westbourne. He was a constant visitor at old Slaughter's coffee house, and the associate of the wits who met there. He died 1766.

WARING, John Burley, architect. Was born at Lyme Regis, June 29, 1823, and was the son of a captain in the navy. He was sent to a school at Bristol in 1833, and in 1840 was apprenticed to an architect in London, and was a student at the Royal Academy. Partly on the ground of weak health he went to Italy, where he visited the chief cities, making many studies and sketches. On his return he became assist- ant as draftsman to many eminent archi- tects, for which he was well qualified by his studies of the figure in Paris. He also visited Spain. It is, however, by his pub- lished works that he is chiefly known ; such as, in 1850, 'Architectural Art in Italy and Spain/ ' Designs for Civic Architecture ; ' 1857, 'The Art Treasures of the United Kingdom ; ' 1858, ' The Arts connected with Architecture in Central Italy ;' 1862, ' Mas-