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to form a part ; but the time passed, James died, and the great designs, which his son inherited, were set aside in the sad times which followed. They are, however, pre- served by Kent in the volumes published by Lord Burlington. He was appointed in 1620 one of the commissioners for the repair of St. Paul's, but did not commence the work till 1633. He renewed the sides with the bad Gothic which then prevailed, adding to the western entrance a Roman Corinthian portico, which must have pos- sessed much stately grandeur, but was no less incongruous ana unsuited to the ancient parts of the building. At Winchester, in the same manner, he introduced into the Gothic cathedral a Roman screen. On the accession of Charles I., who esteemed him a man of genius, he was continued in his office of Crown surveyor, and as architect to the Queen. Meanwhile his restoration of old St. Paul's went on, in- cluding the erection of the far-famed stately Corinthian portico. Among his other chief works are— the quadrangle of St John's College, Oxford ; the Queen's Chapel, St. James' ; the Piazzas and Church, Covent Garden ; Lincoln's Inn Chapel ; the Queen's House, Greenwich ; and Surgeons' Hall. To these works must be added several fine mansions — Gunnersbury pulled down in 1802, Coleshill, Cobham Hall, Kent ; The Grange, Hants ; and others imputed to him, out of which little certain is Known.

He also designed the movable scenery and contrivances for the Court masques, and was thus associated with Ben Jonson, with whom a quarrel arose, which ended only with life ; and the poet satirised him without mercy as 'Lantern Leatherhead' and * Inigo Marquis Would-be.' He had made a handsome fortune, but was a great sufferer at the Revolution. In November 1640. upon the complaint of the parish of St. Gregory, London, he was brought before the House of Lords, for damages done to the church of that parish. He was not only a favourite of his deposed royal mas- ter, but also a Roman Catholic, and in 1646 he was compelled to pay 545Z. for his de- linquency and sequestration. He had buried his accumulation of ready money in Scotland Yard, but on a proclamation encouraging informers, he removed it to Lambetn, where he again concealed it. On the Restoration, Charles II. continued him in his post. He did not long survive ; grief, misfortune, and old age ended his life, and he died at Somerset House, July 21, 1651. But the accounts of the date both of his birth and death are very con- flicting. He was buried at St. Bennet's. Paul's Wharf. His only daughter and heiress married John Webb, his pupil and executor. JONES, John, engraver. Born about 242

1740. He devoted himself to mezzo-tint and the dot manner. He practised in London, and his mezzo-tint plates have gained him much reputation both in por- trait and history. He engraved many fine works after Reynolds, Gainsborough, Roraney, Hone, Mortimer, and others. His works are dated between 1774 and 1791. They are powerful, but black ; his flesh defective in colour. He died 1797.

JONES, George, R.A., battle and sub- ject painter. Son of the foregoing. He was admitted a student of the Royal Aca- demy, and was an exhibitor for the first time m 1803. During the Peninsular War he joined the South Devon Militia, after- wards held a lieutenantcy in the Stafford- shire Militia, and was promoted to a company in the Montgomeryshire Militia. He likewise, with his company, volun- teered for active service, and in 1815 joined the Army of Occupation in Paris. On the termination of the war he resumed the practice of his art, and in 1820 was elected an associate of the Royal Academy, in 1824 a full member. In 1820, and again in 1822, he received premiums from the British Institution. He was appointed the librarian to the Academy m 1834, which he resigned to fill the office of keeper in 1840, and continued to hold the latter appointment till 1850. He painted the picturesque towns of the Contment, filling them with characteristic groups and in- cidents. Later he painted several battles. His * Battle off Cape St. Vincent, Nelson Boarding,' was purchased by the directors of the British Institution and presented to the gallery at Greenwich Hospital. The directors also commissioned him to paint the ' Battle of Waterloo,' which they pre- sented to Chelsea Hospital. Several other of his works are in the Vernon Gallery, now in the South Kensington Museum. He died in London, September 19, 1869, aged 83. He was one of the executors of the will of Turner, R. A. He wrote ' Re- collections of the life of Francis Chantrey,

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JONES, Owen, architect and orna- mental designer. Was of an old Welsh descent, and his father, a fur merchant, gained a well-merited distinction by his collection of Welsh poetic literature. He was born in Thames Street, London, Feb- ruary 15, 1809. Losing his father when young, he was placed by his guardian at the Cnarterhouse, but was afterwards re- moved to a private school, and it was in- tended that ne should be brought up for the Church. Instead of this he became, at 16, the pupil of Louis Vulliamy for six years, whom he served with great zeal, studying at the same time at the Royal Academy; vet though he became a good draftsman he did- not master the figure.