Rare - Noble Wimberly Jones online - Engraved by Henry Robinson after Rembrandt Peale - circa early 1800s - Two Artist Before Letters Proofs

online Two individual Artist Before Letters Working Proofs of Noble Wimberly Jones - Engraved by Henry Robinson after Rembrandt Peale - circa early 1800s

These artist before letters working proofs has handwritten pencil (shading in penciled lines showing which parts need improving) instructions as to what next needs to be done to the plate and before the next run; we know for certain this is "Henry Robinson's" own handwriting. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NWJones.jpg - You can see our other listing with the same handwriting and type of instructions - often enough initialed "HR".

Sizes: Larger Engraving 15.3cm x 12.3cm - the smaller engraving 13cm x 11.2cm

Noble Wimberly Jones was born around 1723 in Lambeth near London. His parents were Noble Jones and Sarah Hack Jones. In 1733, his family, along with the first group of British settlers of 113 people, moved to North America and settled in Savannah, in the newly formed colony of Georgia Province .
https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_Wimberly_Jones

We have included an image from Getty Images so as you can what it looked like once completed 'after letters' and published - it's not a great image - though you can make out H Robinson - as the engraver seen directly under the portrait. The title is N W Jones - and at the lower part it is printed where and when it was published - hard to read - so you can check the link to see for yourself; https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/news-photo/engraved-portrait-of-noble-wimberly-jones-member-of-the-news-photo/1044955210

It cannot be emphasized enough when it comes to the majority of our listings; which is they are "Artist Working Proofs" directly sourced from John Henry Robinson's personal portfolio of works. This means that many of the archival collections in the NPG, RAA and V&A museum of the same subject matter are in fact later editions - "copies". Whereas, our collection are not only aesthetically pleasing, they have an academic and historic interest, as they were never intended to be published in their current state/s.

Rembrandt Peale (February 22, 1778 – October 3, 1860) was an American artist and museum keeper. A prolific portrait painter, he was especially acclaimed for his likenesses of presidents George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Peale's style was influenced by French Neoclassicism after a stay in Paris in his early thirties.