Yale Center for British Art

Creator:: George Jones, 1786–1869, British
Title:: The Passing of the Great Emancipation Act
Date:: ca. 1829
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on board
Dimensions:: 10 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches (26.7 x 47 cm)
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Accession Number:: B1975.1.13
Classification:: Paintings
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:: court (judicial body) | interior | politics | people | Parliament, Members of | spectators | children | men | women | audience | officials | emancipation | historical subject | curtains | costume
Currently On View:: Not on view
Publications:: Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 130-131, N590.2 .A83 (YCBA)
Link:: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:203