© National Portrait Gallery
William Jones, the Mathematician
Artist: William Hogarth (1697 - 1764)
Location: National Portrait Gallery
Date: 1740
Materials: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 127 x 102 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £15,000 (Total: £291,720)
Vendor: Christie's
Review number: 3085 (1985)
Provenance:
Anon, sale Christie's, 16/3/84, lot 59
Description:
Three quarter length portrait of William Jones (1675-1749) painted life size wearing a wig and brown suit. William Jones was an outstanding mathematician, tutor to the 1st Earls of Hardwicke and of Macclesfield, author and collector of mathematical books and fossils.
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