John Peyton Jones b. 29 January 1809

  • Artist
Sketcher, army officer and public servant. Jones' only known artwork is a watercolour of Westbury. He is best known for the scheme he devised of placing a chain of dogs across the neck of the isthmus to prevent prisoners escaping from Port Arthur to the north.
associate of
Captain Charles Staniforth Hext
1815
Artist (Draughtsman)
associate of
Godfrey Charles Mundy
1804
Artist (Draughtsman)
spouse of
née Dumas Eliza Jones
Other occupation