Bronze Age Gold from Wales
The Jones Family Conversation Piece
HOGARTH, William (1697-1764)
This work was commissioned in 1730 by Robert Jones (1706-42) of Fonmon Castle, in Glamorgan. He stands at the right, with his sisters Mary and Elizabeth, and his younger brother Oliver. His widowed mother Mary is shown in dark blue, with her spaniel. The peasant boy struggling with a monkey strikes an ironic contrast with the decorous family group. Jones was Sheriff for Glamorgan in 1729 and became friendly with John Wesley. Hogarth's informal composition and delicate handling are indebted to Philip Mercier, court painter to Frederick, Prince of Wales.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 3978
Creation/Production
HOGARTH, William
Date: 1730
Acquisition
Purchase - NHMF/NACF, 9/7/1996
Purchased with support from The National Heritage Memorial Fund and The National Art Collections Fund
Measurements
Height
(cm): 72
Width
(cm): 91.8
Height
(in): 28
Width
(in): 36
h(cm) frame:91
h(cm)
w(cm) frame:111.2
w(cm)
d(cm) frame:6.5
d(cm)
Techniques
oil on canvas
Techniques (fine art)
art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting
Material
oil
canvas
Location
Gallery 04
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