JONES, Alfred (1819-1900) line engraver, banknote engraver, artist.
Incorrect listing for the portrait design of the Henry Clay
Medal, 1851, engraved by Charles Cushing Wright.
M E D A L S
1840ca Forrest (Edwin) Medal [uncertain attribution:
engraved by C.C. Wright from drawings by "Jones"
which could be Alfred Jones or Thomas Dow Jones] . .
Collection: Smithsonian National Numismatic. . . 390:369
C O L L E C T I O N S
C4 {1912} Comparette 369, p 390.
B I O G R A P H I C A L R E F E R E N C E S
D3a {2006} Benezit.Dictionary of Artists, p 7:900.
N U M I S M A T I C R E F E R E N C E S
E8 {1951} Kenney, p 13 (may have been the original source of one incorrect attribution
– the correct artist of the Henry Clay Medal was Thomas Dow Jones, q.v.).
E17 {1983} Pessolano-Filos, p 60 (stated the date of the Edwin Forrest Medal as 1902,
impossible as this artist died in 1900).
Incorrect listing for the portrait design of the Henry Clay
Medal, 1851, engraved by Charles Cushing Wright.
M E D A L S
1840ca Forrest (Edwin) Medal [uncertain attribution:
engraved by C.C. Wright from drawings by "Jones"
which could be Alfred Jones or Thomas Dow Jones] . .
Collection: Smithsonian National Numismatic. . . 390:369
C O L L E C T I O N S
C4 {1912} Comparette 369, p 390.
B I O G R A P H I C A L R E F E R E N C E S
D3a {2006} Benezit.Dictionary of Artists, p 7:900.
N U M I S M A T I C R E F E R E N C E S
E8 {1951} Kenney, p 13 (may have been the original source of one incorrect attribution
– the correct artist of the Henry Clay Medal was Thomas Dow Jones, q.v.).
E17 {1983} Pessolano-Filos, p 60 (stated the date of the Edwin Forrest Medal as 1902,
impossible as this artist died in 1900).