Name: JOHN EDWARD JONES (DUBLIN 1806-1862 DUBLIN), 1854
Brand: Queen Victoria
Price: 3000.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

JOHN EDWARD JONES (DUBLIN 1806-1862 DUBLIN), 1854
Queen Victoria
marble bust; signed and dated to the reverse ‘J.E. JONES. Sc. / LONDON. 1854.’; on a circular marble socle
24¹⁄₄ in. (61.6 cm.) high; 29¹⁄₂ in. (75 cm.) high, overall

Probably commissioned and gifted in 1854 by Queen Victoria to William Dargan, Dublin.
With Christopher Wood, London, 1988.
Private collection, UK, until sold
Anonymous Sale; Sotheby’s, London, 2 July 2013, lot 144.

R. Gunnis, Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851, revised edition, London, 1968, p. 221.
I. Roscoe, A Biographical Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851, New Haven, 2009, p. 674, no. 99.

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
The Eighty-Sixth Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1854, p. 50, no. 1366.

Probably, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, 1854, no. 294.

This lot will be removed to our storage facility at Momart. Christie’s will inform you if the lot has been sent offsite. Our removal and storage of the lot is subject to the terms and conditions of storage which can be found at Christies.com/storage and our fees for storage are set out in the table below - these will apply whether the lot remains with Christie’s or is removed elsewhere. Please call Christie’s Client Service 24 hours in advance to book a collection time at Momart. All collections from Momart will be by pre-booked appointment only. Tel: +44 (0)20 7839 9060 Email: cscollectionsuk@christies.com. If the lot remains at Christie’s it will be available for collection on any working day 9.00 am to 5.00 pm. Lots are not available for collection at weekends.
-

Conditions of Sale
FAQs
This lot is offered by Christie Manson & Woods Ltd

Brought to you by

Lot Essay

The present bust, depicting Queen Victoria in her mid-thirties, represents one of the most important commissions undertaken by the Irish sculptor John Edward Jones. Although the son of a miniature painter, Jones initially trained as an engineer but, by 1840, had changed profession and was working as a sculptor in London. He enjoyed a successful career as a portraitist, exhibiting at the Royal Academies in London and Dublin and sculpting busts of many notable figures of the day including Prince Albert, Napoleon III, Louis-Philippe, King of Holland and the Duke of Wellington.

A model of this composition was exhibited at the Royal Academy in London in 1854, where the piece is described in the catalogue as a ‘Bust of Her Majesty the Queen, now executing in marble, by command, for presentation to Wm. Dargan, Esq.’ (see R.A. catalogue, loc. cit.). It is highly likely that the present lot is the marble referenced in 1854, which was later exhibited at the Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, and presented along with two other busts by Queen Victoria to William Dargan (1799-1867), the Irish engineer and railway pioneer.