Richard Jones

(b late 17th century; d London, 20 Jan 1744). English violinist and composer. He was leader of the Drury Lane Theatre orchestra in London from c1730. He composed keyboard suites (1744) and two sets of violin sonatas, using an italianate but original style.

Jones, Revd Calvert Richard (1802-77), Welsh clergyman, daguerreotypist, calotypist, and close associate of Henry Talbot. His penchants for watercolouring and travel were facilitated by close friendship with Kit Talbot, the inventor's wealthy cousin. An accomplished marine painter, Jones became one of the first British daguerreotype artists. While intrigued with Talbot's work on the more familiar medium of paper, encouraged by Hippolyte Bayard, he held out hope for a practical direct-positive process. Finally seduced by the rich prints in Talbot's 1844 Pencil of Nature, Jones turned to the calotype with characteristic enthusiasm and mastery. Travelling with Kit Talbot in the Mediterranean, teaching photography to the Revd George Bridges in Italy, or simply reworking familiar picturesque scenes of Swansea shipping, Jones consistently produced stunning architectural, marine, genre, and cityscape photographs. He sold hundreds of his negatives to Talbot for use in photographic publishing (later leading to many of his works being attributed to Talbot). An unexpected inheritance in 1847 derailed plans for him to manage Talbot's photographic operations. With the responsibilities of new-found wealth, opportunities for photographing began to wane. He produced a few negatives in France and Belgium into the early 1850s, but these failed to improve on his exciting earlier work. Jones promoted the concept of multiple panoramic negatives (‘joiners’, as he termed them) to the Photographic Society of London in 1853.

— Larry J. Schaaf

Bibliography

• Buckman, R., The Photographic Work of Calvert Richard Jones (1990).
• Schaaf, L. J., Sun Pictures Catalogue Five: The Reverend Calvert R. Jones (1990)

Richard Jones is the name of:

Contents 1 Artists and entertainers 2 Athletes 3 Diplomats, lawyers, and politicians 4 Other occupations 5 See also

Artists and entertainers

• F. Richard Jones (1893–1930), American filmmaker
• Dick Clair (1931–1988), born Richard Jones, American producer, actor and TV writer
• Richard Jones (bassist), British bass guitarist
• Richard Jones (composer) (died 1744), violinist and composer
• Richard Jones (opera director) (born 1952), British opera director
• Richard Jones (Stereophonics) (born 1974), Welsh bass guitarist
• Richard M. Jones (1892–1945), American jazz musician
• Richard T. Jones (born 1972), American actor

Athletes

• Richard Jones (cricketer) (born 1973), New Zealand cricketer
• Richard Jones (English cricketer) (born 1986), English cricketer (Worcestershire)
• Ritchie Jones (born 1986), English footballer currently playing for Hartlepool United
• Richard Jones (footballer) (born 1969), Welsh footballer
• Dick Jones (rugby player) (1879–1958) Welsh international rugby union footballer

Diplomats, lawyers, and politicians

• Richard Jones (Tasmanian politician) (1936–1986)
• Richard Jones (U.S. diplomat) (born 1950), American diplomat
• Richard Jones (British diplomat), former British Ambassador to Albania
• Richard Jones (New South Wales politician) (born 1940), Australian politician
• Richard Jones, Earl of Ranelagh (1641–1712), Irish nobleman and politician
• Richard A. Jones (born 1950), U.S. federal judge

Other occupations

• Richard Jones (economist) (1790–1855), English economist
• Richard Jones (Llanfair Caereinion clergyman) (1603–1655 or 1656), Welsh priest and writer
• Richard Jones (Ruthin clergyman) (c.1757–1814), Welsh priest and writer
• Richard Foster Jones (1886–1965), American classical scholar
• Richard Jones (photojournalist), British photojournalist

See also

• Rich Jones (disambiguation)

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Richard George Jones (pot washer) born 1992 and still alive oh yeaah!

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