Edwin Arthur Ward (1859–1933) was a British artist who established himself in London as a society portrait painter. Ward was born in Basford in Nottingham and moved to London at the age of 19. Between 1884 and 1903 he was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy in London. He also exhibited with the Royal Society of British Artists and elsewhere. In 1891 he was elected a member of the

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. One of his daughters, Nora England also became an artist. Ward died in

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and

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holds examples of his paintings.

Examples of work

* Portrait of Thomas Bescoby (1890) -

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* 1859 births 1933 deaths 19th-century British artists 20th-century British artists Artists from Nottingham {{UK-artist-stub