A 19th century oil on canvas of the “G I Jones” of Newport, South Wales.

A 385 tonne barque owned by George Inglis Jones of Newport, Monmouthshire.

In 1883, the GI Jones was sailing from Charlestown in the USA with a cargo of phosphate to Falmouth in Cornwall. The GI Jones was wrecked near Cudden Point in a furious SSW gale on September 1st 1883 with the loss of Captain Norton and eleven crew, two were saved.

Original oak frame.

29” wide x 20” high including frame/ 73.6cm wide x 51cm high inc frame

£1850 Sold

See link below from the Museum Of Cornish Life https://photographs.museumofcornishlife.co.uk/Search/Detail/1206/?referrer=%2FThemes%2F%3FShipwrecks