1. Engraving of William Ward as a young man. Click on the portrait for a larger view

Caption: Revd. William Ward. Baptist Missionary at Serampore. Published by Button & Son, Paternoster Row, 1st October 1817. Meyer sc. Reproduced courtesy of Derby Local Studies Library.

2. Engraving taken from an artist's impression of William Ward baptising in the Hooghly. Click on the portrait for a larger view.

Caption: 'Mr. Ward baptizing a Hindoo in the Ganges at Serampore'. 'Go, teach all nations; baptizing them &c.' Matthew 28.19.
Engraved by Henry Meyer, Red Lion Square, Bloomsbury, London, after a painting by John Jackson Esq. R.A.
Published as the Act directs, June 4th, 1821, by Messrs Black, Kingsbury, Parbury & Allen, Leadenhall Street, London.

Reproduced courtesy Derby Local Studies Library.

1. A hand written inscription on the title page of 'Select tracts earnestly recommended to the perusal of the well-disposed reader', printed at Serampore, 1803, reads 'L Millett, Aug 5th, 1805. W Ward'. The owner of the book has helpfully signed their own name on a different part of the page. Courtesy Derby Local Studies Library.

2. The inscription on the first page of Volume 2 of 'A view of the History, Literature and Mythology of the Hindoos', by W Ward, Second Edition, carefully abridged and greatly improved. Serampore, printed at the Mission Press, 1815, reads 'Dr. Charles Stuart, with the author's very affectionate regards, Cheltenham, Aug 9, 1819.' There is no signature. William was attending the Sanatorium at Cheltenham on account of his poor health at the time. Courtesy Derby Local Studies Library.

The third of only three examples of William Ward's handwriting in the Derby Local Studies Library is in Volume 1 of the above book and reads 'Cha Stuart, from the Author, Cheltenham, 1819'