In 1816 James Ward started work on his second huge painting, The Triumph of the Duke of Wellington, as soon as his preliminary study had been accepted by the British Institution. From the outset, he didn’t intend it to be an ordinary history painting, but wanted to tackle the moral issues, including the benefits of peace. The work involved considerable commitment. As it occupied so much of his time, and he was unable to undertake many other comm…
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