LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

27.99 in. (71.10 cm.) (height) by 42.99 in. (109.20 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'Geo Jones' (lower right)

Exhibited:

London, Royal Academy, 1834, no. 408.,London, British Institution, 1835. no 272.,Loaned by the family for display at Wellington College, Berkshire.Anderson, by now a Lieutenant-General, commissioned this painting by George Jones sometime after the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars and although it was long after the battle itself the composition was drawn from Anderson's personal recollection. It is likely that Anderson also commissioned two other paintings by Jones depicting the death of Sir John Moore and Moore mortally wounded, unfortunately both of these works were destroyed in the bombing of Bristol in 1940. The present lot, however, has remained in Anderson's family for over one hundred and eighty years and this is the first time it has appeared on the market. This painting can be regarded as one of, if not the, most significant artistic representations of this historic moment

Literature:

C. Oman, Sir John Moore, London, 1953, p. 685.,C. Hibbert, Corunna, London, 1961, (illustrated p. 118, fig 41).,P. Harrington, 'The Battle Paintings of George Jones, R.A. (1786-1869)', Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, Vol. LXVII, No. 272, Winter 1989, p. 240-241

Provenance:

Commissioned by Colonel Paul Anderson.,Thence by family descent