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Calvert Richard Jones

Calvert Richard Jones

Artist

WA-00030914

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None documented

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Institutional Exhibitions

26

Works in Collection

29

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60%

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MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/7669
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Calvert Richard Jones was a British painter and photographer whose practice bridged two media during photography's emergence as an artistic medium in the nineteenth century. Active from the 1840s onward, he worked in both oil painting and early photographic processes, including calotype and salt print techniques. Jones documented architectural and landscape subjects with equal precision across both disciplines, treating photography not as mere mechanical reproduction but as a medium capable of artistic intention.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 27d ago

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York

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Artworks (26)

1850 · Salted paper print from glass negative

8.1 x 10.2 cm (3 3/16 x 4 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[Temple of Antonius and Faustina, San Lorenzo in Miranda, Rome]

1850 · Salted paper print from paper negative

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[Strada Levante, Valletta, Malta]

1850 · Salted paper print from paper negative

Image: 21.7 x 17.4 cm (8 9/16 x 6 7/8 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[Temple of Concord, Rome]

1850 · Salted paper print from paper negative

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[The Harbor at Valletta, Malta]

1850 · Salted paper print from paper negative

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1850 · Salted paper print

3 1/4 × 4 1/8" (8.2 × 10.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

View of the Capitol Stairs, Rome

View of the Capitol Stairs, Rome

1846 · salted paper print from calotype negative

Image: 16.6 x 22 cm (6 9/16 x 8 11/16 in.); Paper: 18.2 x 23 cm (7 3/16 x 9 1/16 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

1846 · Salted paper print from paper negative

Image: 8 1/2 × 6 5/8 in. (21.6 × 16.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

67. Colosseum, Rome, Second View

1846 · Salted paper print from paper negative

Image: 6 7/8 × 8 9/16 in. (17.4 × 21.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Saint Paul's Bay, Malta

1846 · Salted paper print from paper negative

Image: 6 5/8 × 8 9/16 in. (16.9 × 21.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1846 · Salted paper print from a paper negative

16.2 x 21.2 cm. (6 3/8 x 8 3/6 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1846 · Paper negative

20.9 x 15.8 cm (8 1/4 x 6 1/4 in.)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Arch in Farmyard, Swansea

Arch in Farmyard, Swansea

1845 · salted paper print from calotype negative, gold-toned

Image: 23.2 x 18.7 cm (9 1/8 x 7 3/8 in.); Matted: 50.8 x 40.6 cm (20 x 16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

1845 · Salted paper print from paper negative

Image: 4 3/16 × 3 7/16 in. (10.6 × 8.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Family Group Portrait Posed in Doorway

1845 · Salted paper print from paper negative

Height: 3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait of the Gardener, possibly David Roderick

1845 · Salted paper print from paper negative

Height: 6 15/16 in. (17.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[Contact sheet of four group portraits in a doorway]

1845 · Salted paper print from paper negative

Image: 7 3/16 in. × 9 in. (18.2 × 22.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Two Young Men Resting on a Pier

1845 · Salted paper print from paper negative

Image: 4 5/16 × 3 3/8 in. (11 × 8.6 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Lady in Open Window with Bird Cage

1845 · Salted paper print from paper negative

Sheet: 4 7/16 × 3 11/16 in. (11.2 × 9.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Santa Lucia, Naples

1845 · Salted paper prints from paper negatives

22.4 x 36.2 cm (8 13/16 x 14 1/4 in.) overall

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1845 · Salted paper print from paper negative

Image: 4 3/16 × 3 3/16 in. (10.6 × 8.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

1845 · Salted paper print from paper negative

Image: 3 15/16 × 3 5/16 in. (10 × 8.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Fruit Sellers

The Fruit Sellers

1845 · Salted paper print from a calotype

6 3/4 × 8 5/16" (17.2 × 21.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Singleton Abbey, Swansea

1843 · Salted paper print from paper negative

Image: 15 7/8 × 19 13/16 in. (40.4 × 50.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (3)

26 published of 27 catalogued · 4 with image

The Met
21 published
Cleveland Museum of Art
3 published3 img
MoMA
2 publishedof 3 catalogued1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 3)

3 entries · 1 sources

Algae
1835 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Arch in Farmyard, Swansea
1845 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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View of the Capitol Stairs, Rome
1846 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Images

Ideal Pastoral Life (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ideal Pastoral Life (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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