Lot 35: William Jones FL. 1741-1747 , A rocky coastal landscape with soldiers and other figures in the near foreground oil on canvas

signed l.r.: W Jones Pinxt / 1741 oil on canvas

measurements note 81 by 139 cm., 32 by 54¾ in.

William Jones was working in Dublin in the first half of the eighteenth century. Four landscapes by him were engraved by Giles King, including The Salmon Leap at Leixlip and Powerscourt Waterfall. After his death in 1747 Samuel Dixon advertised that he had for sale in his picture shop in Capel Street "several paintings, both landscape and history, done by the late ingenious Mr. Jones".