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A half-length portrait of a man in a dark jacket with white cravat with his head slightly turne…
Portrait of Dr. George Jones
A half-length portrait of a man in a dark jacket with white cravat with his head slightly turne…
A half-length portrait of a man in a dark jacket with white cravat with his head slightly turned to the proper left. The man has a long, prominent nose, high forehead, close set blue eyes and brown-gray curly hair with long sideburns.
George Jones, Rembrandt Peale, c. 1822-1834, oil on canvas, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia.

Portrait of Dr. George Jones

Artist (American, 1778 - 1860)
Sitter (American, 1766 - 1838)
Datec. 1822 - 1834
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 30 1/16 × 25 1/8 inches (76.4 × 63.8 cm)
Framed: 38 1/4 × 33 1/2 × 2 3/4 inches (97.2 × 85.1 × 7 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Wormsloe Foundation, Inc.
Object number1981.14.3
On View
On view
CopyrightThe images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label TextDr. George Jones, son of Dr. Noble Wimberly Jones, led a distinguished professional and political life. He served as a judge of the Circuit Court of the United States, United States senator from Georgia, and mayor of Savannah from 1812 to 1814. Here, he is seen in heroic, sculptural form, against an undefined backdrop. His upward gaze to the side and his prominent jaw and brightly lit forehead project strength of character and solemnity. Philadelphia artist Rembrandt Peale may have painted this imposing portrait of Jones in Philadelphia around the time of Jones’s marriage to his third wife, Eliza Smith, daughter of the chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
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