John Edward Jones
Born 2 May 1806
Died 25 July 1862
Active: 1842 - 1862
Country of birth and death: Ireland
Sculptor
Born in Dublin. He was the son of Edward Jones, a miniature painter. John Jones initially trained and worked as a civil engineer in Ireland, turning to sculpture c.1840 after he moved to London. He achieved some considerable success in portraiture, creating well over a hundred portrait busts and some statues. His sitters included: Daniel O'Connell; Queen Victoria; Prince Albert; Lord Brougham; the Duke of Cambridge; the Duke of Wellington; and Louis Philippe, the King of Holland. He died whilst on a visit to Finglas, Ireland.
Wealth at death: £300 0s. 0d.
Works
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Group of children and animals
1851
A posthumous bust, in marble, of a young lady
Bust of Prince Louis Napoleon, President of France
Marble bust of W. Anketel, Esq.
Marble bust of John Day Barry, Esq.
Marble bust of the Earl of Clarendon, late Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
Marble bust of James Gwynne, Esq.
Marble bust of William Fairbairn, Esq., of Manchester
The Favourite
1851
Mother and child portraits
1851
Bust of A. L. Guinness, Esq.
1852
Bust of Captain Robert Williams
1852
Bust of the Earl of Clarendon, late Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
1852
Bust of a Child
1852
Bust of Edward Jones, Esq.
1852
Bust of the late Pierce Mahony, Esq., DL
1853
Bust of William H. Ford Cogan, Esq., MP
1853
Marble Bust of Lord Gough
1854
exh. cat. no. 264
Marble Bust of a Lady
1854
exh. cat. no. 265
Bust of His Royal Highness, the Prince Albert
1854
Bust of Her Majesty the Queen
1854
Model for an Equestrian Statue of the late duke of Wellington
1854
Sketch for a statue of HRH the Duke of Cambridge
1855 (Presumed)
Locations
Address 41 Upper Charlotte Street Fitzroy Square London | View on map
1847 (Circa) - 1862 (Circa)
Address 11 Upper Charlotte Street Fitzroy Square London | View on map
1851
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The International Exhibition, London, 1862
Multiple works
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1852
Multiple works
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1853
'Bust of the late Pierce Mahony, Esq., DL'
Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1854
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The Eighty-Fourth, 1852
'Marble bust of the Earl of Clarendon, late Lord Lieutenant of Ireland'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The Eighty-Seventh, 1855
p.52
Exhibited at The National Exhibition, Cork, 1852
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1842 - 1862
Listed as an honorary exhibitor. Exhibited 20 times (12 times from 1851), usually represented by six to seven works per show, the majority being portrait busts.
Exhibited at Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations (London), 1851
1851
Exhibited at Dublin Exhibition of Arts, Industries and Manufactures (and Loan Museum of Works of Art), 1872
1872
Fine Arts, Sculpture.
p. 81, no. 52:'Lord Palmerston'.
Loaned by J. Kincaid, Esq.
also another object exhibited by artist named Jones(with no other initials), in the same exhibition, may be same artist.
p. 84, no. 111:'Boys, Pony nad a Dog'. Loaned by Samuel Johnson, Esq and offered for sale at 40-0-0.
Institutional and Business Connections
Member of Institute of British Sculptors
Not a member in 1861, but possibly a member before or after this date
Descriptions of Practice
Listed under Sculptors Post Office London Directory, 1860 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
p. 1803
Sources
A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660-1851
2009
pp. 672-5
International exhibition 1862, official catalogue, fine art department
1862
List of Members: Institute of British Sculptors (or Sculptor's Institute)
2008 (Circa)
Official Catalogue of the Dublin Exhibition of Arts, Industries and Manufactures and Loan Museum of Works of Art, 1872
1872
p. 81 and p. 84
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
2004
F. M. O'Donoghue, ‘Jones, John Edward (1806–1862)’, rev. Annette Peach, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2006 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/15048, accessed 17 June 2009]
Post Office London Directory, 1860 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1860
p. 1803
Rules of the Institute of Sculptors
1861
p. iv (confirms he was not a member in 1861)
The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, The Eighty-Seventh, 1855
1855
p.52
The Exhibition of the Royal Hibernian Academy, 1852 RHA Annual Exhibition Catalogues
1852
The Exhibition of the Royal Hibernian Academy, 1853 RHA Annual Exhibition Catalogues
1853
The Exhibition of the Royal Hibernian Academy, 1854 RHA Annual Exhibition Catalogues
1854
cat. no. 264
Citing this record
'John Edward 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=msib3_1202730125, accessed 26 Mar 2023]
