Seated Girl, 1820–40, Black and white chalks on blue paper, sheet: 7 x 4 1/8 in. ( x cm), Drawings, George Jones


Seated Girl, 1820–40, Black and white chalks on blue paper, sheet: 7 x 4 1/8 in. ( x cm), Drawings, George Jones (British, London 1786–1869 London), The draftsman of this sketch was one of Britain's most successful battle painters in the decade following Napoleon's 1815 defeat. Jones had entered the Royal Academy Schools at fifteen, then exhibited literary and religious subjects, views and portraits before joining the army in 1808


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