J. E. Ward b. 30 August 1866

Also known as John Edward Ward, Jack Ward, J. E. W.
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Painter)
Late colonial period cartoonist and illustrator. Painter of Birds of Paradise and native life in Papua.
creator of
Ambushed: A scene of early days in Queensland
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creator of
Maori with moa
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Medium
Oil painting
URL
http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/view/action/ieViewer.do?dps_pid=IE9842&dps_custom_att_1=tapuhi&dps_dvs=1333973135136~366&dps_pid=IE9842&change_lng=en

Shows a moa in the right foreground, being ridden by three Maori children, and led by a Maori man and youth. Two kiwi walk by the feet of the youth. There is a lake and hills in the background.
One of the moa riders has been identified as Eti Kupa. The man is Taketake. Three of the four figures are identifiable from photographs by W H T Partington (Wanganui Regional Museum’s Partington collection)

 
creator of
A Kangaroo Hunt
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creator of
A Fair Daisy
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creator of
Appearances were against him
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creator of
Some of the lost and saved of the S.S. Quetta
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creator of
The kernel of the colour question
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Not before he wanted it
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creator of
Visiting Day at the Brisbane Children's Hospital
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creator of
Natural History Sketches: A Queer Bird
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creator of
Natural History Sketches: A Bird of Passage
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creator of
Something about Cairns
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creator of
No cure, No Pay
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