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.
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associate of
Captain Charles Staniforth Hext
1815
Artist (Draughtsman)
associate of
Godfrey Charles Mundy
1804
Artist (Draughtsman)
spouse of
née Dumas Eliza Jones
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