A substantial part of Jersey's public art collection is housed in the Royal Court and States Building next to the Royal Square. Some of the most important works are in the Courtroom, and can be seen by the public when the Court is sitting, but most are not open to public inspection except by appointment.
One room, where States scrutiny committees meet, is dedicated to watercolours by John Le Capelain, which do not form part of the Your Paintings initiative, which is restricted to oil paintings. Included in the 75 works catalogued in Your Paintings are 17 by 19th century Jersey artist Philip Ouless, including several of his paintings of Jersey ships which traded around the world.
Among the works in the Courtroom is the copy of the famous painting of the Battle of Jersey by John Singleton Copley, which was commissioned by the States from William Holyoake. There are also official portraits of the majority of the island's Bailiffs since the late 19th century.
Gallery
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George III, 1796; Philippe Jean
Les Vaux; Philip Ouless
Assize d'Heritage, 1893; John St Helier Lander. The painting of the Battle of Jersey can be seen on the back wall
Jersey Farmstead, 1936; Francis William Synge Le Maistre
Man of War off Mont Orgueil, 1802; John Thomas Serres
Ceremonial arch for the centenary of the Battle of Jersey, 1881 at Charing Cross
Bailiff Sir Thomas Le Breton
Horses leaving a stable; Edmund Blampied
La Hougue Bie chapels and tower
Colonel John Le Couteur, 1831; John Breden
Dispatch, 1855; Philip Ouless
Lavinia, 1852; Philip Ouless
Metropolis, 1855; Philip Ouless
Lord Coutanche, 1960; Herbert James Gunn
St Peter, 1860; Philip Ouless
Bailiff Jean Hammond, 1882; William Hay
Cygnus, 1857; Philip Ouless
Century, 1866; Philip Ouless
Bailiff Sir Robert Le Masurier 1970s; Norman Hepple
Alexandra, 1871; Philip Ouless
Northern off Elizabeth Castle, 1874; Philip Ouless
Valley leading to the seafront and Elizabeth Castle; Philip Ouless
Bailiff Sir Thomas Le Breton
Three-masted boat in pack ice; Philip Ouless
The Progress of Her Majesty Queen Victoria through Broad Street, 1846; Philip Ouless
Peirson Place and the Royal Courthouse, 1836; Philip Ouless
Le Coin, 1814; John Tobias Young
View of Fort Regent, Elizabeth Castle and Noirmont, 1814; John Tobias Young
Bailiff Sir Philip Bailhache, 2009; June Mendoza
Bailiff Sir Peter Crill, 1993; John Stanton Ward
Charles II, 1660; Isaack Luttichuijs
Mal Assis Mill, 1942; Edmund Blampied
Major Francis Peirson, 1869; Philip Ouless
Lieut-Bailiff Thomas Pipon; Philippe Jean