Colquhoun Grant

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Inscribed: Colonel Grant/on the/QM Gen^l Staff in/the Peninsula/Waterloo.

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The drawing is possibly a study for Jones's oil 'The Battle of Waterloo' in the Royal Hospital, Chelsea (see Richard Ormond, National Portrait Gallery: Early Victorian Portraits, 1973, p 25); a group of oil sketches for the same picture was lent by Messrs Appleby Bros to the Waterloo Exhibition, 1965. The sketchbook also contained drawings for other pictures, among them a similar drawing of Wellington's profile inscribed: Duke of Wellington/at the passing of the Catholic/Relief Bill - 1830 (compare the studies of Sir George Wood, NPG 5258).

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Profile to left in uniform hat.

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Taken from a sketchbook by George Jones inscribed on the flyleaf: 'Presented to Sarah E. Nicholson by the widow of George Jones RA/& given by her to her son Archibald K. Nicholson 1910'. Bought by the Covent Garden Gallery (W. Drummond); bought from there by the NPG 1979.


This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Walker, Regency Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, 1985, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.

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