Waterloo was particularly attractive to the artist and he exhibited no less than five paintings of the battle at the Royal Academy and six at the British Institution, earning the nickname 'Waterloo' Jones. His 1816 piece at the BI was for the competition for the best rendition of the battle, for which he won the second prize of 200 guineas. His presence in the latter stages of the campaign clearly helped him and he made numerous sketches of the battlefield and surroundings; some of these were used in a book entitled "The Battle of Waterloo...By a Near Observer" published in 1817. In 1829, Jones painted a large scene of Borodino, while from the same year came his scene entitled "Nelson boarding the 'San Josef' at St. Vincent".