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Acquisition
Fairfax Murray Gift, 1911
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Accession number
DPG584
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Artist description
Simon Dubois
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Date
1682
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Dimensions
75.9 x 63.2 cm
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Inscription
Signed bottom right: S. du Bois fecit dated top left: A.D. 1682 (in black) and inscribed top right: Aet. 77; a later inscription in yellow, bottom left: Sr. Wm. Jones/Father to Ly./Pelham
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Materials
Oil on canvas
Sir William Jones (1630-820, a lawyer and politica; Kt. 1671; solicitor-general 1673-75 and attorney-general 1675-79; MP 1680-82. Sir William died on the 2 May 1682 aged 52. This painting along with its pendant Dubois 'Elizabeth, Lady Jones' was executed in 1682 making these the earliest dated English pictures by Simon Dubois who is said to have arrived in England in 1681.
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