AFA Summer 2019

Revered in his time as the “best line engraver of the country,” as a young man, Alfred Jones (1819-1900) painted alongside Thomas Cole and Asher Durand, mas- ters of the Hudson River School. A founding member of the Century Club and the National Academy, his diverse skills made him the most accomplished American engraver of his generation. The Alfred Jones Collection encompasses more than a dozen works in oil and over one hundred works on paper. The American Anti- quarian Society holds the definitive collection of his engravings. The Alfred Jones Collection Debuting at the Philadelphia Antiques Show Idle Hours Oil on canvas ca 1870 Height 12 3/4”, width 12 1/2” Boy in a Cap watercolor on paper, ca 1860 Height 10”, width 7”