Henry Arthur Jones
(1851-1929), DramatistSitter in 15 portraits
At eighteen Jones moved to London, and was employed by a draper in the City. During this period he was an ardent theatregoer and vowed to become a dramatist himself. He was twenty-seven before his first piece, Only Round the Corner, was produced. Within a few years his plays The Middleman (1889), and Judah (1890) established his reputation as a serious playwright. In 1884 Jones embarked on a secondary career, writing articles and giving speeches and lectures to promote the cause of a serious English drama. This activity continued long after his popularity as a dramatist had waned. Although he was a leading playwright in his own time, his work was rarely acted after his heyday.
by Harry Furniss
pen and ink, 1880s-1900s
NPG 3474
by Walter Tittle
lithograph, 1924
NPG 4239
by Alfred Wolmark
pen and ink, 1928
NPG 4482
by Herbert Rose Barraud
albumen cabinet card, early-mid 1880s
NPG x128433
by Herbert Rose Barraud, published by Carson & Comerford
woodburytype, published 1 September 1886
NPG Ax29796
by Herbert Rose Barraud, published by Carson & Comerford
carbon print, published 1 September 1886
NPG x18893
by Walery
carbon print, published June 1891
NPG x132948
by W. & D. Downey, published by Cassell & Company, Ltd
carbon print, published 1892
NPG Ax15976
by W. & D. Downey, published by Cassell & Company, Ltd
carbon print, published 1892
NPG x134594
by Frederic G. Hodsoll
gelatin silver chloride printing-out paper print, early 1900s
NPG Ax29614
published by Ogden's
cigarette card, published 1900-1907
NPG x197021
published by George G. Harrap & Company, printed by The Vandyck Printers Ltd
photogravure, published 1915
NPG Ax199046
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39115
by Unknown photographer
vintage print, 1924
NPG x194112
Henry Arthur Jones ('Men of the Day. No. 535.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 2 April 1892
NPG D44588
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