The Reverend Thomas Jones

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Artist/Maker	Robert Sayer (publisher) Purcell, Richard (engraver) Jenkin, M. (artist)
Place of origin	London (published)

Portrait, three-quarter-length, standing, facing slightly left and wearing a wig, gown and bands. The sitter is resting his right hand on an open bible, on a table, and gestures with his left hand to his breast. In the left background is a church, and to the right is a column and drape.

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Categories	Prints Portraits Christianity Religion
Object type	Print
Title	The Reverend Thomas Jones (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Mezzotint Mezzotint
Brief description	Print, three-quarter-length portrait of the reverend Thomas Jones in gown and bands. Mezzotint by Richard Purcell after M. Jenkin, mid-18th century.
Physical description	Portrait, three-quarter-length, standing, facing slightly left and wearing a wig, gown and bands. The sitter is resting his right hand on an open bible, on a table, and gestures with his left hand to his breast. In the left background is a church, and to the right is a column and drape.
Dimensions	Height: 35.6cm Width: 25.4cm Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959. London: HMSO, 1964.
Style	British School
Marks and inscriptions	'M. Jenkins pinxt. R. Purcell fecit. London, Printed for Robt. Sayer, at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street.' (Lettered with name of sitter etc. and)
Credit line	Given by Mrs E. B. Westwood
Production	Attribution note: Undescribed retouched state, after 2nd
Subjects depicted	Clergyman Column Drapery Table Bible Robes Jones, Thomas (Reverend)
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1959 . London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.499-1959

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O568633/the-reverend-thomas-jones-print-purcell-richard/

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