{{Short description|Collection of artwork in London}} The '''Jones Bequest''' was a major donation of decorative arts, furniture and paintings bequeathed by the British art collector John Jones in 1882.<ref>https://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/museum-life/tbc</ref> Jones had made a fortune as a military contractor supplying tailoring to the British Army.<ref>Jones p.21</ref> He had a particular interest in eighteenth century French rococo style and amassed a large amount of originals for his Piccadilly townhouse, second only to the Wallace Collection.<ref>https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O131315/lamour-moissonneur-oil-painting-boucher-francois/lamour-moissonneur-oil-painting-boucher-fran%C3%A7ois/</ref> At his death in 1882 he left his collection to the Victoria and Albert Museum in South Kensington. In addition his collection featured a number of nineteenth century artworks by figures such as Edwin Landseer and William Powell Frith.<ref>https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-bride-of-lammermoor-30911</ref> <ref>https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O16382/the-stone-breaker-and-his-oil-painting-landseer-edwin-henry/</ref>
==Gallery== <Gallery Mode="packed" Heights="160"> File:Jean-François de Troy - The alarm.jpg|''The Alarm'' by Jean-François de Troy, 1723 File:Nicolas Lancret - The Swing - WGA12430.jpg|''The Swing'' by Nicolas Lancret, 1735 File:François Boucher, Marquise de Pompadour 1758, V&A.jpg|''Portrait of Madame Pompadour'' by François Boucher, 1758 File:Marie Antoinette as Dauphine of France in 1772 by Drouais.jpg|''Portrait of Marie Antoinette'' by François-Hubert Drouais, 1773 File:Friedrich Tischbein (1750-1812) - Portrait of a Lady in a White Cap - 576-1882 - Victoria and Albert Museum.jpg|''Portrait of a Lady in a White Cap'' by Johann Friedrich August Tischbein, 1793 File:Edwin Henry Landseer (1802-1873) - The Stone Breaker and His Daughter - 508-1882 - Victoria and Albert Museum.jpg|''The Stone Breaker and His Daughter'' by Edwin Landseer, 1830 File:Edwin Henry Landseer (1802-1873) - Lady Blessington's Dog, The Barrier - 535-1882 - Victoria and Albert Museum.jpg|''Lady Blessington's Dog'' by Edwin Landseer, 1832 File:Measuring Heights.png|''Measuring Heights'' by William Powell Frith, 1842 File:Clarkson Frederick Stanfield (1793-1867) - A Dutch Dogger Carrying away Her Sprit - 486-1882 - Victoria and Albert Museum.jpg|''On the Dogger Bank'' by Clarkson Stanfield, 1846 File:Frederick Goodall (1822-1904) - The Village Post Office - 512-1882 - Victoria and Albert Museum.jpg|''The Village Post Office'' by Frederick Goodall, 1849 File:William Powell Frith (1819-1909) - The Bride of Lammermoor (from Sir Walter Scott's novel) - 514-1882 - Victoria and Albert Museum.jpg|''The Bride of Lammermoor'' by William Powell Frith, 1852 File:Edward Matthew Ward (1816-1879) - Charles II (1630–1685), and Nell Gwyn (1650–1687) - 528-1882 - Victoria and Albert Museum.jpg|''Charles II and Nell Gwyn'' by Edward Matthew Ward, 1854 </gallery>
==See also== * Sheepshanks Gift, an 1857 donation to the Victoria and Albert Museum
==References== {{reflist}}
==Bibliography== * Jackson, Anna M.F.A. ''V & A: A Hundred Highlights''. Victoria and Albert Museum, 2001.
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