Francis William Doyle Jones
Other names: Doyle-Jones
Born 1873
Died 10 June 1938
Active: 1903 - 1932
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor, medallist, painter
Born Hartlepool, Durham. He was the eldest son of Francis Jones (c.1846-1918, born in Donaghmoyne, County Monaghan), stonemason and monumental sculptor of West Hartlepool and Middlesbrough. His younger brother, Walter R. (born c.1876 in Hartlepool) was also a monumental sculptor. Francis William initially worked for his father (based on Census Returns of 1891), he then studied in Paris and in London at the National Art Training School during the 1890s.
Doyle Jones worked principally as a sculptor of portraits, however he also made a large number of war memorials. These include Boer War memorials at Middlesbrough (1904), West Hartlepool (1905), Llanelli (1905), Gateshead (1905) and Penrith (1906). After the First World War he made further memorials at Gravesend, Kent and Sutton Coldfield. Doyle Jones died in St. Luke's Hospital, Chelsea. In 1909 he exhibited 'White Horses', a relief in oxidised silver based on a poem by Rudyard Kipling at the Royal Academy, this was originally modelled for Harley Hall near Northallerton in 1908.
There was a short article about Francis William Doyle Jones with a photograph of 'White Horses' in 'The Stone Trades Journal', vol XXVII no. 11, May 1909, p. 340.
Wealth at death: £900 6s. 0d.
Probate date: 9 July 1938
Works
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Bust of Dr Westcott, the Late Bishop of Durham
Sketch Model for the Soldiers Memorial, West Hartlepool
Relief Panels - Portions of the Middlesbrough Soldiers Memorial
Victory Bringing Peace - Design for Portion of a War Memorial
Bust of the Late Alderman William Bentley, Lord Mayor of York
Portrait Bust of Joseph Hollman, Cellist
Portrait Bust of John Redmond, MP
King Edward as a Country Gentleman
Portrait Bust of Rafael Sabatini, Esq.
Colossal Bust - Model of a Portion of the Captain Webb Memorial, Dover
Portrait Bust of Burgess, the Conqueror of the Channel
Sketch Design for Statue of the Late King Edward
Sketch Model for Statue of the Late King Edward VII
Model for Portion of the Burns Memorial, Galashiels
Bust of W. Walter Crotch, Esq.
Michael Collins
1923
Michael Collins
1923 (Presumed)
£262 10s.
The Offering of Youth on the Altar of Patriotism
1925 (Presumed)
Faun
1925 (Presumed)
£78 15s.
Charlotte Bronté
1925 (Presumed)
£36 15s.
Lot's Wife
1926 (Presumed)
£52 10s.
John Redmond
1926 (Presumed)
£157 10s.
Breaking the Cudgel of Force
1926 (Presumed)
£52 10s.
Sonia
1927 (Presumed)
Knighton Hammond
1927 (Presumed)
The Young Levite
1930 (Presumed)
£105
Head of an Old Man
1930 (Presumed)
£105
Locations
Address 27 Camera Square Chelsea London SW England | View on map
1901 (Circa) - 1906 (Circa)
Address 2 York Road West Hartlepool England | View on map
1908 (Circa) - 1911 (Circa)
Studio located at 5 Wentworth Studios Manresa Road London SW England | View on map
1908 (Circa) - 1936 (Circa)
However other sources give the studio number as 3
Studio located at 2 Wentworth Studios Manresa Road London England | View on map
1923 - 1938
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Spring Exhibition of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (London), 1913
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Spring Exhibition of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (Sixteenth London Exhibition), 1914
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Spring Exhibition of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (Eighteenth London Exhibition), 1915
'Faun and Water-pot'
Exhibited at Laing Art Gallery, Exhibition of Works by Artists of the Northern Counties, 1905
Multiple works
Exhibited at Laing Art Gallery, Exhibition of Works by Artists of the Northern Counties, 1906
'Victory Bringing Peace - Design for Portion of a War Memorial'
Exhibited at Laing Art Gallery and Museum, Exhibition of Works by Artists of the Northern Counties, 1908
Multiple works
Exhibited at Laing Art Gallery and Museum, Exhibition of Works by Artists of the Northern Counties, 1909
Multiple works
Exhibited at Laing Art Gallery and Museum, Exhibition of Works by Artists of the Northern Counties, 1910
Multiple works
Exhibited at Laing Art Gallery and Museum, Sixth Annual Exhibition of Works by Artists of the Northern Counties, 1911
Multiple works
Exhibited at Laing Art Gallery and Museum, Seventh Annual Exhibition of Works by Artists of the Northern Counties, 1912
'Model for Portion of the Burns Memorial, Galashiels'
Exhibited at Laing Art Gallery and Museum, Eighth Annual Exhibition of Works by Artists of the Northern Counties, 1913
Multiple works
Exhibited at Laing Art Gallery and Museum, Ninth Annual Exhibition of Works by Artists of the Northern Counties, 1914
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Sixty-Second Annual Exhibition, 1923
Multiple works
Exhibited at Twenty-second Exhibition of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (London), 1917
'John Redmond, Esq., MP'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1903 - 1936
Exhibited 22 times, about thirty works in all (a mixture of portraits, statuettes and models for war memorials)
Exhibited at International Exhibition, Dublin, 1907
1907
Irish Fine Art Section: Pictures, Drawings, Engravings and Sculpture, by Irish Artists;
Sculpture, Gallery V: 'Fame and Patriotism, portion of the Middlesbrough Soldiers' Monument' (plaster relief), p. 117 (473), lent by the artist (the number '10' annotated alongside perhaps denotes that this object subsequently sold for £10); 'Sketch Model for Soldiers' Memorial, West Hartlepool' (bronze statuette), p. 117 (477), lent by the artist (the number '10' annotated alongside perhaps denotes that this object subsequently sold for £10).
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1923
1923
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1925
1925
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1926
1926
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1927
1927
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1930
1930
Institutional and Business Connections
Associate member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1923 - 1938
Died in 1938.
Member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1919 - 1938
Died in 1938.
Personal and Professional Connections
Assisted by Frank J. McAleenan
1932
Assisted on monumental statue of St. Patrick for Saul, celebrating 1500th Anniversary.
Descriptions of Practice
Listed as medallist Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, Coin, Gem, and Seal-Engravers, Mint Masters, &c., Ancient and Modern with References to their Works, B.C. 500 - A.D. 1900, Volume VII, 1923 Biographical Dictionary of Medallists
Listed as a contemporary sculptor and medallist. Forrer notes that the artist produced a portrait plaquette 'of Khande Rao Gaekwar of Baroda 1857-1871, one of a set of nine Plaquettes of Rulers of Baroda, issued uder the direction of Mr. M. H. Spielmann'. See Forrer, vol. 7, (1923), p. 232.
Listed under Sculptors The London Directory, 1930 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
p. 1354
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
Francis William and his brother Walter R. (born c.1876) both 'Monumental Sculptor' worker and their father Francis (c.1846-1918) 'Monumental Sculptor' employer
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Sculptor' and boarding with John Brooke (born c.1843 in Sheffield) 'Artist painter on China' and his daughter Ada Brooke (born c.1872 in Sheffield) 'Artist Sculp'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Sculptor (Artist)' working on own account and his father Francis Jones (c.1846-1918) 'Monumental Sculptor' employer
Sources
Catalogue of the Eighth Annual Exhibition of Works by Artists of the Northern Counties, June 1913
June 1913
Cat. Nos. 460, 461, 462, p. 31
Catalogue of the Exhibition of Works by Artists of the Northern Counties, April 1909
April 1909
Cat. Nos. 472, 477, pp. 36, 44
Catalogue of the Exhibition of Works by Artists of the Northern Counties, February 1908
February 1908
Cat. Nos. 474, 475, 476, 477, 478, pp. 55, 59
Catalogue of the Exhibition of Works by Artists of the Northern Counties, May 1905
May 1905
Cat. Nos. 342, 344, 345, 350, p. 39
Catalogue of the Exhibition of Works by Artists of the Northern Counties, October 1906
October 1906
Cat. No. 258, p. 41
Catalogue of the Exhibition of Works by Artists of the Northern Counties, September 1910
September 1910
Cat. Nos. 427, 428, pp. 33, 42
Catalogue of the Ninth Annual Exhibition of Works by Artists of the Northern Counties, July 1914
July 1914
Cat. No. 443, p. 35
Catalogue of the Seventh Annual Exhibition of Works by Artists of the Northern Counties, August 1912
August 1912
Cat. Nos. 401, 402, p. 31
Catalogue of the Sixth Annual Exhibition of Works by Artists of the Northern Counties, September 1911
September 1911
Cat. Nos. 383, 384, pp. 31, 38
Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, 1913, held at the Grosvenor Gallery, 51a New Bond Street., W.
1913
p.11, p.16.
Catalogue of the Twenty-second Exhibition, 1917, held at the Grosvenor Gallery, 51a New Bond Street., W.
1917
p.65, p.69.
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891
2004
Class: RG12; Piece: 4063; Folio 93; Page 32; GSU roll: 6099173
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
Class: RG13; Piece: 71; Folio: 78; Page: 6
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2011
RG14PN29613 RG78PN1718A RD545 SD1 ED13 SN236
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
2006
Name: Francis William Jones
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1873
Registration district: Hartlepool
Inferred County: Durham
Volume: 10a
Page: 201
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Francis William Doyle Jones
Probate Date: 9 Jul 1938
Death Date: 10 May 1938
Death Place: Middlesex, England
Registry: London
International Exhibition, Dublin 1907, Fine Art Catalogue
1907
List of Members: Royal Society of British Sculptors
2008
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the Ninety-Eighth Exhibition, 1927
1927
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the Ninety-Fourth Exhibition, 1923
1923
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the Ninety-Seventh Exhibition, 1926
1926
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the Ninety-Sixth Exhibition, 1925
1925
Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the One Hundred and First Exhibition, 1930
1930
The London Directory, 1930 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1930
p. 1354
Who was Who
December 2007
‘DOYLE-JONES, F. W.’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U208760, accessed 17 June 2009]
Citing this record
'Francis William Doyle Jones', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib2_1204843722, accessed 22 Sep 2023]
