TitleWater Boy
Artist
Edgar Melville Ward
(American, 1839 - 1915)
Date1880
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 21 × 16 in.
SignedSigned lower right: "Edgar M. Ward/1880"
SubmissionNA diploma presentation, January 14, 1884
Credit LineNational Academy of Design, New York, NY
Object number1378-P
Label TextJudging by Ward's exhibition record at the Academy, the years 1880-1, his first back home after study abroad, marked a change in his subjects from European scenes to American genre. At this turning point, he seems to have been particularly interested in the South.
