John Peyton Jones b. 29 January 1809

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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Citations

  • (1852), 'Burke’s Landed Gentry’.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870

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Other occupations
  • Public servant
  • Army officer (ANZSIC code: 7600)
  • Public servant
  • Army officer