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The Jones Family Conversation Piece
Artist: 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.
Image: © Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 3978
Creation/Production
HOGARTH, William
Role: Creation
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: 72.0cm
Width: 91.8cm
h(cm) frame:91
w(cm) frame:111.2
d(cm) frame:6.5
Techniques
oil on canvas
Techniques (fine art)
art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting
Material
oil
canvas
Location
Investiture Corridor
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Comments - (4)
I deeply apologise for being so late in replying. Your kind reply to my appeal for help must have slipped into my junk folder which I, foolishly, rarely check. In fact, as the folder automatically deletes items after a certain time, it is not even there now. I found your response by the entirely different route of Googling up my own name to check on something quite unrelated. I would be very grateful if you could send me the cropped image to the email address above. I fear you must have thought me most impolite.
Regards,
Patrick Welland
Dear Mr Welland,
I now have a high resolutions close up available of the section in question. If you reply to this comment and leave your email address in the appropriate field then I will be able to send you the cropped image for you to view.
Many thanks,
Graham Davies
Digital Media Team
Many thanks,
Graham
Digital Media Team