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SM P247. ©Sir John Soane's Museum, London. Photo: Art UK
George Jones RA (1786 - 1869)
The Opening of London Bridge, 1831
1832
Oil on panel
Height: 127cm
Width: 107cm
Height (frame): 169cm
Width (frame): 151cm
Width: 107cm
Height (frame): 169cm
Width (frame): 151cm
Museum number: P247
On display: North Drawing Room
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Curatorial note
The Royal Procession at the opening of the New London Bridge on 1st August, 1831: the picture features Sir John Soane himself, his housekeeper Sally Conduitt and other friends including Sir Francis Chantrey and J.M.W. Turner. The picture was supplied with a framed 'key' to those included which hangs beneath it. In the background is the Monument to the Great Fire of London.
Provenance
Commissioned by Soane in 1831. He paid the artist for it on 17 August 1832 (correspondence in the Soane Archive).
Literature
Soane, Description, 1835, pp. 70 and 82
Bolton, Portrait, 1927, pp.475-477
S. Palmer, The Soane's at Home, 1998, p. 9 pl. 11
Dictionary of National Biography [Jones]
Warrell, Ian, 'Jones, George' in The Oxford Companion to J.M.W. Turner, 2001
New Description, 2007, pp. 82-83, 102, fig. 53
Bolton, Portrait, 1927, pp.475-477
S. Palmer, The Soane's at Home, 1998, p. 9 pl. 11
Dictionary of National Biography [Jones]
Warrell, Ian, 'Jones, George' in The Oxford Companion to J.M.W. Turner, 2001
New Description, 2007, pp. 82-83, 102, fig. 53
Exhibition history
Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1832
Royal River: Power, Pageantry and the Thames, National Maritime Museum, London, 27 April - 9 September 2012
Royal River: Power, Pageantry and the Thames, National Maritime Museum, London, 27 April - 9 September 2012
Associated items
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