Portrait of Captain Gibb Jones (1748-1788)

Art

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Portrait of Captain Gibb Jones (1748-1788)

Entry/Object ID

GHS 74

Description

Portrait of a male figure (Capt. Gibb Jones) in 3/4 pose. Dark coat with white vest and ruffled shirt. Seated in red chair. Left hand rests on left leg, right arm bent over chair back and hand holds a brown book. Figure is set against a dark background, gilded frame.

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil on Canvas, gilded wood

Made/Created

Artist

Peale, James

Place

* Untyped Place

USA, Philadelphia

Notes

Author: Peale, James

Dimensions

Height

42-1/2 in

Width

35 in

Relationships

Related Publications

Publication

Family File- Jones Moon, Robert, The Morris Family of Philadelphia, Vol II, 1898 Genealogies of Pennsylvania Families, B-1, Vol III Publications of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania Vol VIII Germantown Crier F. 1985 37(4):92 Family Files- Morris, Moore Morris/Jones in Photo Index, Beehive Index, Archives Index, Crier Index, Obituary Index Roberts, C.V., Early Friends Families of Upper Bucks, 1925 Roberts, E.W., Kirth and Kin for 300 Years, 1932 James Peale, Charles Wilson Peale Brief bio in Object File Schwarz, Frank D. A Gallery Collects Peales, 1987 Curator Subject File: Peale

Provenance

Notes

GHS Accession Book, "Portrait, Capt. GIbb Jones by Charles Wilson Peale" Gibb Jones was the husband of Margaret Moore Jones (GHS 53), son of Lt. Col. Blaithwaite Jones (GHS 52) and of Mary Morris Jones, (GHS 75) Grace Patterson Turnbull, great great granddaughter of Capt. Gibb Jones and Margaret Moore Jones. Donated by Grace Patterson Turnbull, c. 1912