Skip navigation

Main menu

  • What's On
  • Visit
  • Art
    • Discover Art
    • Artists
    • Artworks
    • Stories
    Stories
    Stories

    Watch, listen and read

  • Learn
    • Schools
    • Tate Kids
    • Research
    • Activities and workshops
    Tate Kids
    Tate Kids

    Games, quizzes and films for kids

  • Shop
Become a Member
  • View All
  • Tate Modern
  • Tate Britain
  • Tate St Ives
  • Tate Liverpool
  • Exhibitions And Displays
  • Events
  • On Today
  • Families
  • Accessibility
  • Schools
  • Private tours
  • Discover Art
  • Artists
  • Artworks
  • Stories
  • Schools
  • Tate Kids
  • Research
  • Activities and workshops
Tate home page

Try searching for...

  • A Bigger Splash
  • Mark Rothko
  • Tate Britain Commission 2026
  • Tate Membership
  • The 90s

DON'T MISS

Exhibition

Frida: The Making of an Icon

Tate Modern
Until 3 Jan 2027
FREE FOR MEMBERS
Exhibition

Julio Le Parc: Light. Colour. Action.

Tate Modern
Until 3 May 2027
FREE FOR MEMBERS
Become a Member
  • Discover Art
  • Tate Archive
  • Collections of Digitised Archive Items
  • Drawings and watercolours by David Jones, photographs of his work and source material
  • One hundred and eleven drawings and watercolours by David Jones, one watercolour by C. Rhodes and one drawing by H.B. Willis

Drawings and watercolours by David Jones, photographs of his work and source material

1901–61

Available online are 109 sketches and two sketchbooks made by Jones. Included are juvenile works and material executed whilst a student at both Camberwell and Westminster Schools of Art. Studies include 'Dice Players at the Foot of the Cross', 'Mr Gill's Hay Harvest', 'The Lord of Venedotiia' and 'Trystan Ac Essyllt'.

Collection Owner
David Jones 1895–1974
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
Purchased by the Archive from the Anthony d'Offay Gallery, 1982.
Reference
TGA 8222

112 objects in this collection

  • Drawings and watercolours by David Jones, photographs of his work and source material

    112 Objects

    • One hundred and eleven drawings and watercolours by David Jones, one watercolour by C. Rhodes and one drawing by H.B. Willis

      112 Objects

Title
One hundred and eleven drawings and watercolours by David Jones, one watercolour by C. Rhodes and one drawing by H.B. Willis
Date
1901–61
Reference
TGA 8222/1

Showing 101–112 of 112 objects

Preliminary study for ‘Trystan Ac Essyllt’

David Jones
[c.1960–2]

Studies of ship’s rigging

David Jones
[c.1960–2]

Study of a ships sail and mast annotated with notes about ropes

David Jones
[c.1960–2]

Study of rigging of a ship

David Jones
[c.1960–2]

Study of rigging of a ship

David Jones
[c.1960–2]

Study of Star Positions

David Jones
[c.1960–2]

Study of a star constellation

David Jones
[c.1960–2]

Rough design (incomplete) for cover of ‘The Great North Road’ by Frank Morley

David Jones
1961

Study for ‘String Song Tongue Song’

David Jones
[c.1961]

Study of cow with measurements on front, geometric drawing

David Jones
date not known

Sketch of a room with chairs

David Jones
date not known

Drawings of geometric diagrams on front and reverse

David Jones
date not known
Artwork
Close

About

  • About Tate

  • About our collection

  • Governance

  • Press

  • Jobs

  • Image licensing

  • Terms and copyright

Join and support

  • My account

  • Members

  • Tate Collective

  • Patrons

  • Corporate

  • Donate

Stay in touch

Exhibitions, events, offers and news from across Tate's galleries – straight to your inbox:

We'll look after your data. Read our privacy policy.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA.

  • Our Galleries

  • Tate Modern

  • Tate Britain

  • Tate Liverpool

  • Tate St Ives

© The Board of Trustees of the
Tate Gallery, 2026

  • Facebook
  • YouTube
  • Instagram
  • TikTok
|
  • Accessibility

  • Privacy

  • Cookies

  • Contact