Thomas Jones: an eighteenth-century welsh artist in Italy.(Biography) From: Contemporary Review | Date: February 1, 2004| Author: Markham, Rosemary | COPYRIGHT 2004 Contemporary Review Company Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

THE artist Thomas Jones (1742-1803) was unhappy when in his fifties he wrote in his Memoirs, 'the prospect of Employment in my Profession was dark and gloomy'. At twenty-six, he had already surmised, 'throughout almost every Occurrence in life, it has ever been my misfortune to be "as one born out of due Time"'. Fulfilling his prophecy, he is now exalted, 200 years after his death.

The Memoirs of Thomas Jones, published by the Walpole Society (Vol. XXXII, 1951), were not...