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Sir William Jones   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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William Evans    wikidata:Q55403201
 
Description British drawer and engraver
Work period fl. 1797–1856
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artist QS:P170,Q55403201
After Arthur William Devis  (1762–1822)  wikidata:Q4800678
 
Alternative names
W. Devis; A. W. Devis; Devis; A.W. Devis
Description British painter
English painter of history paintings and portraits. He was appointed draughtsman in a voyage projected by the East India Company in 1783, under Captain Henry Wilson, in which he was wrecked on the Pelew Islands before proceeding to Canton and thence to Bengal. He painted portraits and historical subjects, sixty-five of which he exhibited (1779–1821) at the Royal Academy.
Date of birth/death 10 August 1762 Edit this at Wikidata 11 February 1822 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London London
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artist QS:P170,Q4233718,P1877,Q4800678
Title
Sir William Jones
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English: Engraving of the British orientalist Sir William Jones, by the British engraver William Evans, after a portrait by Arthur William Davies. Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Date published 1804
Medium stipple engraving
Dimensions height: 336 mm (13.22 in); width: 251 mm (9.88 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,336U174789
dimensions QS:P2049,251U174789
institution QS:P195,Q238587
Source/Photographer National Portrait Gallery: NPG D11104

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