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George Jones (6 January 1786 – 19 September 1869) was a British painter, and Keeper of the Royal Academy, most famous for his paintings of military subjects. ==Life== Jones was the only son of John Jones, a mezzotint engraver. He became a student at the Royal Academy in 1801 at the early age of 15, exhibiting his first work depicting a biblical scene in 1803. He was a frequent exhibitor at the Royal Academy over the next eight years. He joined the Royal Montgomery Militia; the date of his commission as captain is given as 17 February 1812.〔''A List of the Officers of the Militia of the United Kingdom''. War Office, 1 June 1812, page 48〕 There is a possibility that he had served in the South Devon Militia as far back as 1808.〔Hichberger, 1983, page 14.〕 His obituary 〔''The Art Journal'' Vol. VIII (1869), page 336〕 states that he volunteered for active service with his company in Spain, but he was certainly was part of the army of occupation in Paris after the Battle of Waterloo. After the war he resumed his art career, winning prizes and fame for his paintings of military engagements. He was elected an associate of the Royal Academy in 1822, a full member in 1824, becoming its librarian, and from 1840 to 1850 its keeper. He was the friend of Charles Turner, engraver, and of J. M. W. Turner, whose most loyal executor he became, writing a short memoir of him and painting pictures recording his gallery. Unlike the two Turners he is unaccountably not commemorated on his former residences in London by any plaque. He married Gertrude Anne Loscombe in 1844. He died in Park Square, Regent's Park on 19 September 1869. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Jones (painter)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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