The Market Place, St Albans
George Jones, RA (London 1786 – London 1869)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1826 - 1869
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
1040 x 940 mm
Place of origin
St Albans
Order this imageCollection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 11718
Summary
Oil painting on panel, The Market Place, St Albans by George Jones, RA (London 1786 – London 1869), circa 1826. A bagpiper and a crowd stand round a coach. Pencil numbers near the lower edge. A painting titled 'St Albans' was exhibited at the Royal Aacdemy in 1826 (121).
Provenance
Purchased by Antony Gibbs from Christie's 1872; purchased by the National Trust from the estate of the late George Richard Lawley Gibbs, 2nd Lord Wraxall (1928 – 2001) with the assistance of the NHMF, Art Fund and donations from members and supporters in 2002
Credit line
Tyntesfield, The Gibbs Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
George Jones, RA (London 1786 – London 1869), publisher