Sir Thomas Jones

printed and sold by Joseph Smith, after William Wolfgang Claret
mezzotint, 1678-1679
13 1/4 in. x 9 5/8 in. (335 mm x 243 mm) plate size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D29881

Sitterback to top

Sir Thomas Jones (1614-1692), Judge and law reporter. Sitter in 5 portraits.

Artistsback to top

William Wolfgang Claret (active 1665-died 1706), Artist. Artist associated with 10 portraits.
Joseph Smith (active 1687-1731), Printseller and art bookseller. Artist associated with 3 portraits.

Related worksback to top

NPG D36732: Sir Thomas Jones (based on same portrait)

Placesback to top

Place made: United Kingdom: England, London (near Exeter Change, in ye Strand, London)

Portrait setback to top

Fleming Collection: Fleming's Granger (volume 5)

Subjects & Themesback to top

Events of 1678back to top

Current affairs

Informer, Titus Oates, concocts the Popish Plot, an elaborate tale of a Catholic conspiracy to murder the king, enthrone James, Duke of York and catholicize England. The story provokes panic and persecution of Catholics.
Extension of the Test Act (1673) excludes Catholics from both the House of Lords and Parliament.

Art and science

While imprisoned under the Conventicle Act, author John Bunyan, writes the first part of Pilgrims Progress, considered to be one of the most important religious works in the English language.
Poet laureate, John Dryden, publishes All for Love, an adaptation of William Shakespeare's Anthony and Cleopatra.

International

Last major conflict of the Franco-Dutch war, battle of St. Denis, is fiercely fought despite a peace treaty signed days earlier between the two countries. Prince William of Orange, leading Dutch forces, fights alongside his confidant, Hans Willem Bentinck, and an English force, under James Scott, Duke of Monmouth.

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