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Sir William Jones Kt.
Sir William Jones Kt.
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Sir William Jones Kt.

by Simon Dubois

Date: 1682

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Item details

  • Acquisition

    Fairfax Murray Gift, 1911

  • Accession number

    DPG584

  • Artist description

    Simon Dubois

  • Date

    1682

  • Dimensions

    75.9 x 63.2 cm

  • Inscription

    Signed bottom right: S. du Bois fecit dated top left: A.D. 1682 (in black) and inscribed top right: Aet. 77; a later inscription in yellow, bottom left: Sr. Wm. Jones/Father to Ly./Pelham

  • Materials

    Oil on canvas

Sir William Jones (1630-820, a lawyer and politica; Kt. 1671; solicitor-general 1673-75 and attorney-general 1675-79; MP 1680-82. Sir William died on the 2 May 1682 aged 52. This painting along with its pendant Dubois 'Elizabeth, Lady Jones' was executed in 1682 making these the earliest dated English pictures by Simon Dubois who is said to have arrived in England in 1681.

Sir William Jones Kt.

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