Captain (Alfred) Adrian Jones
Born 9 February 1845
Died 24 January 1938
Active: 1891 - 1938
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, veterinary surgeon, cavalry officer
Born Ludlow, Shropshire. Died 147 Church Street, Chelsea, London.
Wealth at death: £3,142 16s. 2d.
Resworn £3115 16s. 2d.
Works
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Field-Marshal Sir George White, VC, &c., &c.
The Last Arrow
1890
VIII Hussars
1898
Polo Player
1903
A Two Year Old
1903
Foxhound
1913 (Presumed)
Maternal Care
1927
Over
1931
Locations
Address 147 Church Street Chelsea London | View on map
1891 - 1938
Studio also located at this address.
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Award received from Prize for Distinguished Service to Sculpture (Royal Society of British Sculptors), 1923-1949
1935
Exhibited at The Spring Exhibition of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (Sixteenth London Exhibition), 1914
Multiple works
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the thirtieth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1900
'Meditation'
Exhibited at Forty-Second Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1903
'Polo Player'
Exhibited at The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Sixty-Sixth Annual Exhibition, 1927
'Maternal Care'
Exhibited at The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Seventieth Annual Exhibition, 1931
'Over'
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-first (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1891
1891
The Last Arrow (cat. no. 1248, bronze, sketch p. 114, £270).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-fifth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1895
1895
Waterloo - Picton's Brigade about to advance (cat. no. 1259, group, for sale in plaster £250, in bronze £350); The Last Arrow (cat. no. 1334A, bronze, £315).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-ninth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1899
1899
Persimmon (cat. no. 1353, bronze statuette, not for sale); Polo Player (cat. no. 1399, bronze statuette, not for sale).
Exhibited at Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Cymru National Museum of Wales Exhibition of Works by Certain Modern Artists of Welsh Birth or Extraction, 1913
5 December 1913 - 28 February 1914
Institutional and Business Connections
Chairwoman/chairman of Chelsea Arts Club
1906 - 1908
Fellow of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1923 - 1932 (Presumed)
Became honorary member in 1932.
Honorary member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1932 - 1938
Died in 1938.
Member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1912 - 1938
Died in 1938.
Unsuccessful in ballot for election to Royal Academy of Arts
Despite nominations in both 1913 and 1920.
Personal and Professional Connections
Nominated by William Goscombe John
17 June 1912
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors [17 June 1912, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1].
Nominated by George James Frampton
24 February 1913
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominated by William Goscombe John
24 January 1913
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominated by Frederick William Pomeroy
24 February 1913 - 24 February 1920
Two nominations for RA, in 1913 and 1920, both unsuccessful.
Nominated by John Seymour Lucas
24 February 1913
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominated by Solomon Joseph Solomon
24 February 1913
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominated by David Murray
24 February 1913
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominated by Francis Bernard Dicksee
27 February 1920
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominated by Frank Short
1 March 1920
For RA; unsuccessful.
Nominated by Henry Scott Tuke
1 March 1920
For RA; unsuccessful.
Seconded by William Ernest Reynolds-Stephens
17 June 1912
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors [17 June 1912, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.1].
Sources
Artists and Bohemians: 100 Years with the Chelsea Arts Club
1992
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the thirtieth, 1900 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1900
Cat. No. 1443, p. 40
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-fifth, 1895 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1895
pp. 47-50.
Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-ninth, 1899 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1899
pp. 48-52.
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Alfred Adrian Jones
Probate Date: 7 Mar 1938
Death Date: 24 Jan 1938
Death Place: London, England
Registry: London, England
List of Members: Royal Society of British Sculptors
2008
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
2004
Sarah Crellin, ‘Jones, Adrian (1845–1938)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, May 2006 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/34220, accessed 17 June 2009]
Royal Academy of Arts Nominations for Associateship, 1906-1927
1927
p.50.
Royal Society of British Sculptors. Annual Report of Council and Accounts For the Year ending 31 December 1923. To be Presented at the Twentieth Ordinary General Meeting, 1924
1924
p. 2 and pp. 7-8.
Royal Society of British Sculptors. Minutes of Council Meetings No. 1, 1905-1913
19 May 1913
13 January 1908; 17 June 1912.
Citing this record
'Captain (Alfred) Adrian Jones', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib2_1204936003, accessed 05 Jun 2023]
