The Brighton to London Coach by the Royal Albion Hotel

Full description

A scene of the Brighton to London stagecoach about to depart from the Albion Hotel in Brighton. As the guard blows the coach horn a fresh team of chestnut horses ready themselves for the off. H J Jones painted the London to Brighton coach and a couple of occasions. The artist always depicts it fully loaded with passengers, in this painting they can be seen sitting inside the coach. A well attired couple lean against the sea wall to the left of the picture with a sea scape behind.

There are a number of paintings in existence by H J Jones and they all demonstrate a slight misunderstanding, on the artists behalf, of paint properties. Every one has a rather poor surface quality due to the paint having deteriorated over time having not been mixed or applied to the canvas properly.

Artist profile

H J Jones is a little known artist. Only around 5 works are known to be by him. He was active as an artist during the mid to late 19th century.

Access information

Brighton and Hove Museums

www.brightonmuseums.org.uk

Picture credit

Brighton and Hove Museums