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JONES, Alfred, engraver, born in Liverpool, England, in 1819. He came to the United States when young, and received the first prize at the National academy of design in New York, in 1839, for a drawing that he had made from Thorwaldsen's "Mercury." He first came into public notice by his engravings of "The Proposal," by Asher B. Durand, and "The Farmer's Mooning," after William S. Mount, and his work was in request for illustrated publications. He went to Europe in 1846, and, after studying in life schools there, was elected a member of the National academy, New York, in 1851. He is regarded as one of the best engravers in the United States. He has for many years been connected with the American bank-note company, New York, as an engraver. Among his steel plates are "The Image Breaker," after Leutze, portraits of Adoniram Judson, by Chester Harding, and William Cullen Bryant; and "The Capture of Major Andre," after Durand; "Sparking," by Edmonds; "The New Scholar"; "Mexican News"; and various portraits.
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