Francis William Doyle Jones
Francis William Doyle Jones | |
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Born | 11 November 1873 Hartlepool, England |
Died | 10 June 1938 St Luke's Hospital, Chelsea, London | (aged 64)
Nationality | British |
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Known for | Sculpture |
Francis William Doyle Jones, sometimes Francis William Doyle-Jones, (11 November 1873–10 June 1938) was a British sculptor.
Biography
Jones was born, to Irish parents, in
From 1904 to 1906 Jones created a series of
Jones had a keen appreciation of Irish culture and, from early in his career, received several public commissions from Irish organisations, most notably for a monumental statue of Saint Patrick at Saul, County Down.[2][7] From 1923 onwards, he was a regular exhibitor with the Royal Hibernian Academy, RHA, in Dublin.[2][3] Shown at the RHA in 1923, Jones' bust of Michael Collins was acquired by the National Gallery of Ireland in 1924 while the Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin holds a bronze bust of Joseph Devlin by Jones.[2]
Jones was elected an associate member of the
Public works
1900–1909
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
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Boer War memorial
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Albert Park, Middlesbrough | 1905 | Obelisk on pedestal with panels | Peterhead granite | 6.7m tall | Grade II | Q26614806 | [8][9] |
Boer War memorial | Saltwell Park, Gateshead | 1905 | Statue on column | Bronze & granite | Grade II | Q26540952 | [10][11] | ||
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Boer War memorial | Town Hall Gardens, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire | 1905 | Statue on a pedestal and plinth | Bronze & granite | Grade II | Q29490306 | [12][13][14] | |
Boer War memorial | Ward Jackson Park, Hartlepool | 1905 | Statue on pedestal | Bronze & granite | Grade II | The statue was stolen in 1965 and only the pedestal remains in place.[15][16] | |||
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Boer War memorial | Castle Park, Penrith, Cumbria | 1906 | Statue on column | Bronze & granite | Grade II | Q66478786 | [5][6] | |
John Mandeville | Newmarket Square, Michelstown, County Down | 1906 | Statue on pedestal | Bronze & granite | [2][7][17] |
1910–1919
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
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Matthew Webb | Marine Parade, Dover, Kent | 1910 | Bust on pedestal with plaque | Bronze & granite | Q117405781 | [18] | ||
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Robert Burns | Galashiels, Scottish Borders | 1912 | Bust on pedestal | Bronze & granite | Category C | Q56633763 | [19] | |
Chimera with Personifications of Fire and the Sea | 24–28 Lombard Street, London | 1914 | Architectural sculpture | Stone | Grade II | Architects, Gordon & Gunton[20][21] |
1920–1929
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Wikidata | Notes |
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Bevans Cement Works war memorial | Cement Works, Northfleet, Kent | c. 1920 | Seated sculpture on cube pedestal with plaque | Concrete & bronze | Grade II | Q26671015 | [22][23][24][25] | |
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War memorial | The Esplanade, Weymouth, Dorset | 1921 | Cenotaph | Portland stone | 5.3m tall | Grade II | Q26672299 | [26][27] |
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War memorial | Teddington, London | 1921 | Cenotaph | Portland stone | 5.4m tall | Grade II | Q66478655 | [28][29] |
Partick & Whiteinch war memorial | Victoria Park, Glasgow | 1922 | Statue on obelisk | Bronze & stone | 8m tall | Category C | Q77782061 | [30][31] | |
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War memorial | Windmill Hill Gardens, Gravesend, Kent | 1922 | Statue on column | Bronze & stone | 9.2m tall | Grade II | Q66477666 | [32][33] |
War memorial | The Park, Hullen Edge Road, Elland, West Yorkshire | 1922 | Statue on pedestal | Bronze & granite | Grade II | Q26427083 | [34][35] | ||
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War memorial | Jubilee Square, Woking, Surrey | 1922 | Statue on column | Bronze & stone | 5.2m tall | Grade II | Q66478558 | [4][36] |
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War memorial | King Edward Square, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham | 1922 | Statue on pedestal | Bronze & stone | 6.4m tall | Grade II | Q26677176 | [37][38] |
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War memorial | Abbey Fields, Kenilworth, Warwickshire | 1922 | Obelisk with relief & plaque | Stone | Grade II | Q26678076 | [39][40] | |
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War memorial | Rydings Park, Brighouse, West Yorkshire | 1922 | Statue on column | Bronze & granite | Grade II | Q26426829 | [41][42] | |
War memorial | Station Road, Cockermouth, Cumbria | 1922 | Statue on column | Bronze & granite | [43] | ||||
Archbishop Thomas Croke | Liberty Square, Thurles, County Tipperary | 1922 | Statue on pedestal with statuettes | Bronze & limestone | [2][7] | ||||
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War memorial | Gillingham, Kent | 1924 | Inscribed column | Stone | Grade II | Q26677893 | [44][45] | |
War memorial | St Michael And All Angels Church, Houghton-le-Spring, Sunderland | 1925 | Cenotaph with relief figures | Portland stone | c. 6m tall | Grade II | Q66477939 | [46][47] | |
Canon P.A Sheehan | Doneraile, County Cork | 1925 | Statue on pedestal | Bronze & stone | [2][7] | ||||
Cardinal Patrick O'Donnell | Cathedral of St Eunan and St Columba, Letterkenny | 1929 | Statue on pedestal | [7] | |||||
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War memorial | Waterloo, Merseyside | c. 1920s | Statue on pedestal | Bronze & sandstone | Grade II | Q26548994 | [48][49] | |
War memorial | Jarrow, South Tyneside | c. 1920s | Statue on column | Bronze & stone | [50] |
1930 and later
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
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Edgar Wallace | 107 Fleet Street, Ludgate Circus, London | 1934 | Plaque | Bronze | ||||
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T. P. O'Connor | Chronicle House, Fleet Street, London | 1935–1936 | Bust and plaque | Bronze | [51] | |||
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Saint Patrick | Saul, County Down | 1938 | Statue on pedestal | Granite | 11m tall | [2][7] | ||
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George V | Howard Davis Park, Jersey | 1939 | Statue on pedestal | Bronze & granite | Q99528341 | Completed by William Reid Dick following death of Jones in 1938.[1] |
Other works
- At the Royal Academy in 1909, Jones exhibited the silver relief sculpture White Horses, which was inspired by a Rudyard Kipling poem and was designed for Harley Hall near Northallerton.[1]
- The offering of youth on the altar of patriotism, a relief shown at the Royal Hibernian Academy in 1925.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h University of Glasgow History of Art / HATII (2011). "Francis William Doyle Jones". Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain & Ireland 1851–1951. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Ruth Devine (2009). "Jones, Francis William Doyle". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ ISBN 0902028553.
- ^ a b c Historic England. "Woking War Memorial (1443492)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ a b Historic England. "Penrith Boer War Memorial (1446766)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ a b "War Memorials Register: Penrith Boer War". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f "Jones, Francis William Doyle". Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720–1940. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ Historic England. "South African War Memorial in Albert Park (1329536)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Middlesbrough Boer War". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ Historic England. "Boer War Memorial (1248761)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Gateshead – South African War". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "War Memorials Register, Llanelli – Boer War". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "Boer War memorial, Llanelli". Coflein. 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ Historic England. "Ward Jackson Park (1001349)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "Boer War Memorial". Hartlepool History Then and Now. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- . Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "Captain Matthew Webb – the first Person to swim the Channel". The Dover Historian. 3 January 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Lawyer's Brae, Bust of Robert Burns (Category C Listed Building) (LB31979)". Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ Historic England. "24-28 Lombard Street EC3 (1064630)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ISBN 0-85323-977-0.
- ^ Historic England. "Bevans Memorial in Northfleet Cement Works (1391662)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Bevans Cement Works". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ Nicky Hughes (19 February 2018). "8 Unusual war memorials". Historic England. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ISBN 9781445691015.
- ^ Historic England. "Weymouth Cenotaph (1393111)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "War Memorials Register:Weymouth Cenotaph". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ Historic England. "Teddington War Memorial (1444660)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Teddington Cenotaph". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Victoria Park, Partick and Whiteinch War Memorial (Category B Listed Building) (LB51739)". Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Whiteinch and Partick". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ Historic England. "Gravesend War Memorial (1432908)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Gravesend – WW1 and WW2". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ Historic England. "War Memorial, The Park (1133978)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Men of Elland". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Woking". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ Historic England. "Sutton Coldfield War Memorial (1425254)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Sutton Coldfield". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ Historic England. "Kenilworth War Memorial (1435150)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Kenilworth Obelisk WW1 + WW2". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ Historic England. "War Memorial in Rydings Park (1133839)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Brighouse". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Cockermouth & Papcastle". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ Historic England. "Gillingham War Memorial (1433120)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Gillingham Borough". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ Historic England. "Houghton-le-Spring War Memorial (1438103)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: St Michael And All Angels Church Cenotaph". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ Historic England. "War Memorial (1257659)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Seaforth and Waterloo". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Jarrow Park – Peace Statue WWI". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ISBN 0-356-17609-6.