William Jones | [approved] |
engraver and clockmaker, had a shop in Charles Street, Launceston, Van Diemen's Land, in 1850 when the convict engraver Thomas Robinson was working for him. Jones's line engraving, The Halcyon. A Regular Packet from Launceston to Adelaide... (c.1848), may mark the year he arrived in Van Diemen's Land and the ship he travelled on. It is a large pictorial print, a rare and early ship engraving to have been locally produced. Most of Jones's surviving copper engravings, however, are vignettes of clients' business premises on billheads: Smith's Emporium and General Store (c.1852, QVMAG), William Hart's ironmongery warehouse (1853, Crowther Library) and the Cornwall Hotel, Cameron Street Launceston, V. D. Ld (DL). That for the Canister Tea Warehouse (c.1856, p.c.) shows carved figures of a blackamoor and a Scotsman supporting the door to a shop owned by J. Mitchell.
Staff Writer.
Details
Gender: | Male |
Period active: | Dates:c. 1848 - 1856 |
Medium: | Print |
Artwork: | Title:The Halcyon. A Regular Packet from Launceston to Adelaide...Date:c. 1848 |
Artwork: | Title:Cornwall Hotel, Cameron Street Launceston, V. D. Ld |
Collection: | Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tas. |
Collection: | Sir William Lodewyk Crowther Library, State Library of Tasmania, Hobart, Tas. |
Collection: | Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW |
Collection: | Private collection |
Associate: | Robinson, Thomas |
Associate: | Hart, William |
Associate: | Mitchell, J. |
Residence: | Dates:c. 1848 - 1856Place:Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) |
Other occupation: | Clockmaker |
Biographer: | Staff Writer |
Source of info: | The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870 |
Date written: | Date:1992 |
Reference: | Title:The Engravers of Van Diemen's LandYear:1961Author:Craig, C.Published:Launceston, Tas. |
Reference: | Title:The Clifford Craig CollectionYear:1975Published:Christie's auction catalogue, November, Launceston, Tas. |
Reference: | Year:1850Published:Cornwall Chronicle, 11-28 |
Reference: | Title:More Old Tasmanian PrintsYear:1984Author:Craig, C.Published:Launceston, Tas. |
Reference: | Title:Old Tasmanian PrintsYear:1964Author:Craig, C.Published:Launceston, Tas. |
Summary: | Engraver and clockmaker, had a shop in Launceston, Van Diemen's Land, in 1850 when the convict engraver Thomas Robinson was working for him. Most of Jones's surviving copper engravings are vignettes of clients' business premises on billheads. |