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[td]{{Short description|British printer (c. 1715β1789)}}[/td] [td]'''Ann Ward''' (1715/16 β 10 April 1789) was a British printer and business owner.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Victoria E. M. Gardner |title=The Business of News in England, 1760β1820}}</ref><ref name='ondb'>{{cite ODNB |title=Ward, Ann (1715/16β1789) |date=2004 |author1=C. Y. Ferdinand |doi=10.1093/ref
dnb/56213 |url=https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/56213 |accessdate=26 May 2022}}{{subscription required}}</ref>[/td]
[td]'''Ann Ward''' (1715/16 β 10 April 1789) was a British printer and business owner.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Victoria E. M. Gardner |title=The Business of News in England, 1760β1820}}</ref><ref name='ondb'>{{cite ODNB |title=Ward, Ann (1715/16β1789) |date=2004 |author1=C. Y. Ferdinand |doi=10.1093/refdnb/56213 |url=https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/56213 |accessdate=26 May 2022}}{{subscription required}}</ref> She inherited her business from her husband, '''Caesar Ward''', in 1759 and printed both the ''[[York Courant]]'' newspaper and a number of books. The Wards printed several early publications by [[Laurence Sterne]], and Ann Ward is best remembered as the printer for the first edition of Sterne's bestselling novel ''[[The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman|Tristram Shandy]]''. Across her career, Ward printed nearly a hundred titles, including guidebooks and histories for her city of [[York]].[/td]
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[td]==Early life==[/td] [td]Little is known about Ward's early life, save that she married a York printer, '''Caesar Ward''', around 1738.<ref name='ondb' /> Caesar and his brother-in-law Richard Chandler bought the ''[[York Courant]]'' newspaper in 1739. After their mismanagement, in 1744 Chandler committed suicide and Caesar Ward was declared bankrupt. When Caesar died in 1759, the paper passed to Ann Ward and she continued to run it until her death in 1789.<ref name='ondb' /> In York, the Wards owned a book shop above the Black Swan pub in [[Coney Street]] and the printers were based off Coney Street in a former ''[[Bagnio#In English|bagnio]]'' in Leopard's Yard.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://coneystreetheritageproject.org.uk/the-buildings-of-coney-street/46-coney-street |title=46 Coney Street |publisher=Coney Street Heritage Project |accessdate=26 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://coneystreetheritageproject.org.uk/the-craftsmen-and-women/booksellers-and-printers |title=Booksellers and printers |publisher=Coney Street Heritage Project |accessdate=26 May 2022}}</ref> Ward worked with the printer David Russell, who became a part-owner of the business but his name did not appear on publications. Ward bought back Russel's share in the company in 1787 so she could pass the whole business to her son-in-law.<ref name='ondb' />[/td]
[td]Little is known about Ward's early life, save that she married a York printer, Caesar Ward, around 1738.<ref name='ondb' /> Caesar and his brother-in-law Richard Chandler bought the ''[[York Courant]]'' newspaper in 1739. After their mismanagement, in 1744 Chandler committed suicide and Caesar Ward was declared bankrupt. When Caesar died in 1759, the paper passed to Ann Ward and she continued to run it until her death in 1789.<ref name='ondb' /> In York, the Wards owned a book shop above the Black Swan pub in [[Coney Street]] and the printers were based off Coney Street in a former ''[[Bagnio#In English|bagnio]]'' in Leopard's Yard.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://coneystreetheritageproject.org.uk/the-buildings-of-coney-street/46-coney-street |title=46 Coney Street |publisher=Coney Street Heritage Project |accessdate=26 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://coneystreetheritageproject.org.uk/the-craftsmen-and-women/booksellers-and-printers |title=Booksellers and printers |publisher=Coney Street Heritage Project |accessdate=26 May 2022}}</ref> Ward worked with the printer David Russell, who became a part-owner of the business but his name did not appear on publications. Ward bought back Russel's share in the company in 1787 so she could pass the whole business to her son-in-law.<ref name='ondb' />[/td] [td][/td]
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[td]==Printer==[/td] [td]As a printer, Ward is best known for her role in the publication of the first edition of [[Laurence Sterne]]'s ''[[The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman]]'' in 1760.<ref name='ondb' /> Sterne had originally approached [[Robert Dodsley]] in London to print the book, but after a disagreement he took it to Ward in York. "The Book shall be printed here", Sterne wrote to Dodsley in October 1759. Sterne was familiar with Ward because her husband had previously printed his sermons<ref name='ondb' />[/td]
[td]As a printer, Ward is best known for her role in the publication of the first edition of [[Laurence Sterne]]'s ''[[The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman]]'' in 1759.<ref name='ondb' /> Sterne had originally approached [[Robert Dodsley]] in London to print the book, but after a disagreement he took it to Ward in York. "The Book shall be printed here", Sterne wrote to Dodsley in October 1759. Sterne was familiar with Ward because her husband had previously printed his [[Sermons of Laurence Sterne|sermons]]<ref name='ondb' /> and his 1759 pamphlet [[A Political Romance|''A Political Romance'']].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Simmen |first=Edward |date=1970 |title=Sterne's "A Political Romance": New Light From A Printer's Copy |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24301694 |journal=The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America |volume=64 |issue=4 |pages=419β429 |issn=0006-128X}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]Ward also printed other important publications. The first guide book to the city of York was printed by Ward in 1787. It was a 32-page volume detailing York's public buildings and a directory of principal merchants and tradespeople in the city.<ref>{{cite book |contributor1=Tomlinson, O.S. |contribution=Introduction |date= 1971 |page=v |publication-date=1838 |author1=Hargrove, William|title=The new guide for strangers and residents in the City of York |publisher=S R Publishers Ltd |isbn=9780854096978 |url=https://archive.org/details/newguideforstran0000unse/page/n9/mode/2up}}</ref> Ward issued a two volume history of [[York Minster]] detailing the site and its clergy based on the 1737 ''Eboracum'' by [[Francis Drake (antiquary)|Francis Drake]]. In 1779 she published a book of poems by [[William Mason (poet)|William Mason]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=The First Printer of Tristram Shandy |author1=Lewis P. Curtis[/td]
[td]Ward also printed other important publications. The first guide book to the city of York was printed by Ward in 1787. It was a 32-page volume detailing York's public buildings and a directory of principal merchants and tradespeople in the city.<ref>{{cite book |contributor1=Tomlinson, O.S. |contribution=Introduction |date= 1971 |page=v |publication-date=1838 |author1=Hargrove, William|title=The new guide for strangers and residents in the City of York |publisher=S R Publishers Ltd |isbn=9780854096978 |url=https://archive.org/details/newguideforstran0000unse/page/n9/mode/2up}}</ref> Ward issued a two volume history of [[York Minster]] detailing the site and its clergy based on the 1737 ''Eboracum'' by [[Francis Drake (antiquary)|Francis Drake]]. In 1779 she published a book of poems by [[William Mason (poet)|William Mason]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=The First Printer of Tristram Shandy |author1=Lewis P. Curtis[/td]
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[/td][td]{{Short description|British printer (c. 1715β1789)}}[/td] [td]'''Ann Ward''' (1715/16 β 10 April 1789) was a British printer and business owner.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Victoria E. M. Gardner |title=The Business of News in England, 1760β1820}}</ref><ref name='ondb'>{{cite ODNB |title=Ward, Ann (1715/16β1789) |date=2004 |author1=C. Y. Ferdinand |doi=10.1093/ref
dnb/56213 |url=https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/56213 |accessdate=26 May 2022}}{{subscription required}}</ref>[/td][td]'''Ann Ward''' (1715/16 β 10 April 1789) was a British printer and business owner.<ref>{{cite book |author1=Victoria E. M. Gardner |title=The Business of News in England, 1760β1820}}</ref><ref name='ondb'>{{cite ODNB |title=Ward, Ann (1715/16β1789) |date=2004 |author1=C. Y. Ferdinand |doi=10.1093/ref
dnb/56213 |url=https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/56213 |accessdate=26 May 2022}}{{subscription required}}</ref> She inherited her business from her husband, '''Caesar Ward''', in 1759 and printed both the ''[[York Courant]]'' newspaper and a number of books. The Wards printed several early publications by [[Laurence Sterne]], and Ann Ward is best remembered as the printer for the first edition of Sterne's bestselling novel ''[[The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman|Tristram Shandy]]''. Across her career, Ward printed nearly a hundred titles, including guidebooks and histories for her city of [[York]].[/td]
[td][/td][td][/td] [td]==Early life==[/td]
[td]==Early life==[/td] [td]Little is known about Ward's early life, save that she married a York printer, '''Caesar Ward''', around 1738.<ref name='ondb' /> Caesar and his brother-in-law Richard Chandler bought the ''[[York Courant]]'' newspaper in 1739. After their mismanagement, in 1744 Chandler committed suicide and Caesar Ward was declared bankrupt. When Caesar died in 1759, the paper passed to Ann Ward and she continued to run it until her death in 1789.<ref name='ondb' /> In York, the Wards owned a book shop above the Black Swan pub in [[Coney Street]] and the printers were based off Coney Street in a former ''[[Bagnio#In English|bagnio]]'' in Leopard's Yard.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://coneystreetheritageproject.org.uk/the-buildings-of-coney-street/46-coney-street |title=46 Coney Street |publisher=Coney Street Heritage Project |accessdate=26 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://coneystreetheritageproject.org.uk/the-craftsmen-and-women/booksellers-and-printers |title=Booksellers and printers |publisher=Coney Street Heritage Project |accessdate=26 May 2022}}</ref> Ward worked with the printer David Russell, who became a part-owner of the business but his name did not appear on publications. Ward bought back Russel's share in the company in 1787 so she could pass the whole business to her son-in-law.<ref name='ondb' />[/td]
[td]Little is known about Ward's early life, save that she married a York printer, Caesar Ward, around 1738.<ref name='ondb' /> Caesar and his brother-in-law Richard Chandler bought the ''[[York Courant]]'' newspaper in 1739. After their mismanagement, in 1744 Chandler committed suicide and Caesar Ward was declared bankrupt. When Caesar died in 1759, the paper passed to Ann Ward and she continued to run it until her death in 1789.<ref name='ondb' /> In York, the Wards owned a book shop above the Black Swan pub in [[Coney Street]] and the printers were based off Coney Street in a former ''[[Bagnio#In English|bagnio]]'' in Leopard's Yard.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://coneystreetheritageproject.org.uk/the-buildings-of-coney-street/46-coney-street |title=46 Coney Street |publisher=Coney Street Heritage Project |accessdate=26 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://coneystreetheritageproject.org.uk/the-craftsmen-and-women/booksellers-and-printers |title=Booksellers and printers |publisher=Coney Street Heritage Project |accessdate=26 May 2022}}</ref> Ward worked with the printer David Russell, who became a part-owner of the business but his name did not appear on publications. Ward bought back Russel's share in the company in 1787 so she could pass the whole business to her son-in-law.<ref name='ondb' />[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]==Printer==[/td]
[td]==Printer==[/td] [td]As a printer, Ward is best known for her role in the publication of the first edition of [[Laurence Sterne]]'s ''[[The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman]]'' in 1760.<ref name='ondb' /> Sterne had originally approached [[Robert Dodsley]] in London to print the book, but after a disagreement he took it to Ward in York. "The Book shall be printed here", Sterne wrote to Dodsley in October 1759. Sterne was familiar with Ward because her husband had previously printed his sermons<ref name='ondb' />[/td]
[td]As a printer, Ward is best known for her role in the publication of the first edition of [[Laurence Sterne]]'s ''[[The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman]]'' in 1759.<ref name='ondb' /> Sterne had originally approached [[Robert Dodsley]] in London to print the book, but after a disagreement he took it to Ward in York. "The Book shall be printed here", Sterne wrote to Dodsley in October 1759. Sterne was familiar with Ward because her husband had previously printed his [[Sermons of Laurence Sterne|sermons]]<ref name='ondb' /> and his 1759 pamphlet [[A Political Romance|''A Political Romance'']].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Simmen |first=Edward |date=1970 |title=Sterne's "A Political Romance": New Light From A Printer's Copy |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24301694 |journal=The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America |volume=64 |issue=4 |pages=419β429 |issn=0006-128X}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]Ward also printed other important publications. The first guide book to the city of York was printed by Ward in 1787. It was a 32-page volume detailing York's public buildings and a directory of principal merchants and tradespeople in the city.<ref>{{cite book |contributor1=Tomlinson, O.S. |contribution=Introduction |date= 1971 |page=v |publication-date=1838 |author1=Hargrove, William|title=The new guide for strangers and residents in the City of York |publisher=S R Publishers Ltd |isbn=9780854096978 |url=https://archive.org/details/newguideforstran0000unse/page/n9/mode/2up}}</ref> Ward issued a two volume history of [[York Minster]] detailing the site and its clergy based on the 1737 ''Eboracum'' by [[Francis Drake (antiquary)|Francis Drake]]. In 1779 she published a book of poems by [[William Mason (poet)|William Mason]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=The First Printer of Tristram Shandy |author1=Lewis P. Curtis[/td]
[td]Ward also printed other important publications. The first guide book to the city of York was printed by Ward in 1787. It was a 32-page volume detailing York's public buildings and a directory of principal merchants and tradespeople in the city.<ref>{{cite book |contributor1=Tomlinson, O.S. |contribution=Introduction |date= 1971 |page=v |publication-date=1838 |author1=Hargrove, William|title=The new guide for strangers and residents in the City of York |publisher=S R Publishers Ltd |isbn=9780854096978 |url=https://archive.org/details/newguideforstran0000unse/page/n9/mode/2up}}</ref> Ward issued a two volume history of [[York Minster]] detailing the site and its clergy based on the 1737 ''Eboracum'' by [[Francis Drake (antiquary)|Francis Drake]]. In 1779 she published a book of poems by [[William Mason (poet)|William Mason]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=The First Printer of Tristram Shandy |author1=Lewis P. Curtis[/td]
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