NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Jones, George, 1786-1869 NRA: Jones George (1786-1869) Painter DNB: Jones, George (1786-1869), army officer and painter LBT ID: GeJones1869 VIAF ID: 51531345 LOC ID: nr00037353 | B/BAP: 1786-01-06 DIED: 1869-09-19 |
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English painter who fought in the Peninsular War and was noted for his paintings of
battles; he illustrated works by Scott and Byron and was the friend of Francis Chantrey and
J. M. W. Turner. He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1824. | |
REFERENCES TO George Jones: Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 19: James Perry Found 1:
¶ 9 Sir Charles Eastlake to Samuel Rogers, 3 January 1852 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Found 1:
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