Triumph - The Life and Art of Captain Adrian Jones
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Adrian Jones was born in Ludlow, Shropshire, studied at the Royal Veterinary College, qualifying in 1866 as a veterinary surgeon, and enrolling in the Army as a veterinary officer in the Royal Horse Artillery the following year.
Jones served from 1867 to 1890 and saw service during the Abyssinian Expedition of 1868 before joining the 3rd Hussars in 1869. From 1871 to 1881 he served with the QueenÂ’s Bays in Ireland and was then attached to the 7th Hussars and fought with them in the Anglo-Transvaal war in 1881. In South Africa he was attached to the Inniskilling Dragoons. In 1884 Jones served in Egypt where he selected camels for the Nile Expedition of 1884 and finally joined the 2nd Life Guards and retired in 1890 with the rank of captain.
It was only in 1890, having achieved the rank of captain, that he retired, and in 1891 set himself up in Chelsea, London, as an artist. He had no formal art training, but prospered with commissions for horse portraits. Jones had a profound knowledge of equine anatomy. His most important work is the 40-ton “Peace in her Quadriga” (i.e. four-horsed chariot), dating from 1912 and on top of the Arch at Hyde Park Corner.
The Royal Gloucestershire Hussars War Memorial in Gloucester is one of his works.
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