Edgar Melville Ward (1839–1915) was an American genre painter.
His elder brother was the sculptor, John Quincy Adams Ward.
He studied at the National Academy of Design in New York City and in Paris under Cabanel.
His paintings which are soundly realistic in execution, include Breton Washwomen (Au lavoir.
- Souvenir du Finistère, 1876 salon de Paris) and The Sabot Maker (Le sabotier, 1876 salon de Paris);[1] The Collar Shop and The Quilting Party (1892); and The Coppersmith (Metropolitan Museum, New York).