| Show P 2 t r. r r 0 to I 1 i i V y v t 1 34 f lj W i Y i I PICTURES OF ADMIRAL JOHN PAUL JONES ARE MANY AND VARIED Yf J He who desires to confirm his opInion opinion ion of John Paul Jones Americas America's M distinguished naval commander can do so in the library of the Navy department department de de- department at Washington be that opinion ion unfavorable or favorable to the I great sea captain In a score of old prints gathered during past decades from various sources John Paul Jones dry Is depicted depleted as a bloodthirsty pirate which was the view taken of him by the British whose coasts he be scoured in the gallant Ranger as a bluff sea captain which is the opinion most schoolboys have gained from reading the account of his plucky victory over the and as the cultured gentleman gentleman gen gen- and accomplished naval officer which Is the opinion held of him by 1 practically the entire American naval I service to Mr Charles W. W Stewart lection is an engraving by Carl Guttenburg Guttenburg Gutten Gutten- burg from a drawing by C. C J. J Notte a French artist This rather reflects reflects' the favorable opinion which the French had of Commodore Jones for forit forit forit it depicts a fairly young but determined determined deter deter- mined looking officer standing behind the shot-riddled shot rail of the BonHomme BonHomme Bon BonHomme Homme Richard with a sword swinging swing swing- ing easily in his right hand while his left rests upon the butt of one of half a dozen pistols In his belt Tom Ochiltree of mellow memory memory mem memo ory during one of his sojourns In Paris In 1883 picked up an old print of John Paul Jones which is now much prized In the collection of the Navy department It a bluff sea captain type far removed from either conception that he was a desperate desperate des des- buccaneer or a n naval val dandy The figure is that of a man probably i. i 00 olo J i i S 00 Q t. t r 00 f 15 14 f z kj y I f fY 4 kt i or o e 0 o 00 0 o 0 t ov r o 0 J PAUL O IT bY bYr oU n c. c o r- r JONES 1 vo 0 0 O P t YEb 5 29 1014 7 Jr 1 M 07 t l' l r of the Naval val War Records Office Of Of- flee fice and Library has has arranged these old prints in a highly Interesting col col- tt- tt lection Man Many of them purport to be ber r engravings s from pictures res made during the lifetime of Jones All that Is isi i known o ot t the e man confirms the lon Ion that not unlike some fighting men of hi his day and sin since e John Paul Jones Jonesi i t was something of a dandy Certainly r i he was wis was a favorite In n Paris in in- that circle circle cir cir- i I cle of Imperial society which gave g ve frequent frequent fre ire 1 quent Quant employment to to artists and tors That th the skull of the body reI recovered recovered recovered re re- I covered fro from an an n abandoned graveyard graveyard grave grave- graveyard yard in Paris Paris- by Gen Horace Port Porter r American ambassador dor to tb France corresponded corresponded corresponded cor- cor cor cor- responded to the precise measurements measurements measurements measure measure- ments of b bust sf of John Paul Jones was accepted as th the final final proof of Identification Hou in was was an exceptionally ex ex- painstaking sculptor and anda a copy of his bust of f Jones which stands in the office of the Secretary of the Navy at Washington Washington Is considered considered considered consid consid- ered most probably a true likeness One of the best pictures in the col col- i ih j t forty five years old which is som I what further advanced in age tha I Jones was at the time he commande the Bon Homme Richard attired i i- i seafaring dress including wide loose loos flowing trousers He rests t the e poin of a cutlass upon the rail ran of the shii shil shiland and the legend under this picture tellus tell tellus us that it is Capt Paul Jones Iron fron an original drawing taken from the k Ute life on board the published London on Oct 22 1779 The date is I less than a month after he captured the Sera pis and If It was really drawn on that ship may be considered possibly possibly possibly bly an accurate portrayal of the great American naval commander in the hour of his greatest victory The picture In which John Paul I Jones is shown boarding the from his own victorious rious but riddled and sinking Bon Homme Richard Is a thoroughly heroic conception but the features and figure of the victor victor- bear little resemblance to other other other- er portraits and drawings This This' picture which is by A. A L. L Stephens is s more recent than most of ot the items in the collection Chappels Chappel's original painting of Jones has often been called aUed the George Washington picture because of the resemblance re re- semblance e of it to a well known portrait portrait portrait por por- trait of the Father of his Country whom Jones incidentally knew we well they both having lived Jived in Virginia In this picture Jones is standing In Ina ina ina a dignified pose his left hand slightly slight slight- ly outstretched from the body and clasping a telescope And now turning over the pictures in this collection is found a most startling creation In boldest black and white Paul Jones the Pirate Is the legend but it is unnecessary for forthe forthe forthe the dashing bearded figure wears a uniform emblazoned with skull and crossbones A gory cutlass in one hand a smoking pistol in the other he is the incarnation of all aU that Is demoniac in fancies of piracy while the idea Is helped out by portrayal In Inthe inthe inthe the background of his men ruthlessly cutting down the brave tars of ot Old England This picture Is an engraving published by A. A Park of London andIs andis and andis Is apparently very old a as is another old English print apparently only a atrial atrial I trial proof copy It shows Jones with demure demure side whiskers and immense ha hat of the style later affected by Napoleon Napoleon Na- Na with tassels pendent from each side side The crowning crowning gl ry ot thi this this uni uni uniform ni form is a pair of striped trousers which give a sort of Uncle Sam at at- t v I v Very old arid and deemed very very ery good by students of John Paul j lore Jones esore is isan isan isan an engraving from a drawing by Varin Varin Varin Va- Va rin a French artist This shows In Jones Jones' countenance s something met of of the shrewdness and humor humor he inherited from his Scotch ancestry It is is a quizzical but the same same time timea a pleasIng pleasing pleasing pleas pleas- ing countenance 1 J v With curly cury hair an and ch b r face f J J d I 1 MUL JONES JOKES o Chapman endowed his portrait of Jones which was engraved by act of Congress Of or the thousands in th the British Isles who thought harshly of Jones Lord and Lady Selkirk whose country countryseat countryseat seat still stands at Dumfries Scotland were about the only persons of quality quality ity and discernment who came in touch with the American naval com com- mander It was on April 23 1778 that the American privateer Ranger put into St. St Marys Mary's isle and sent an armed party to surround the house of the demand their plate and capture Lord Selkirk it if possible He i i W f f. f r J f r I F J ii i i.- i. i T y II c- c J f was not at home so the party tool the plate When Jones arrived later at Break he wrote to Lad Lady Selkirk that he desired de de- sited sired to return the plate He proposed pro pro- proposed posed not only to restore his bis share shara of the prize bu but to purchase the share shara owned by his his' creW crew for the purpose ol oJ giving it back to the Lord and Lady Selkirk were much surprised to get this letter which regretted the fortune which caused him to make an expedition against their home Lord Selkirk wrote a reply but not knowIng knowIng knowing know- know Ing how to get It to Jones sought the the- I I counsel of Lord de Spencer postmaster er general of England Lord de Spencer was evidently not much impressed by the favorable tendency of the toward Jones for he returned the letter to to- Lord Selkirk with the remark I cannot help doubting in inthe the situation situation sit- sit I am in the propriety of my my- forwarding a letter to such a rascal and rebel as this Jones A letter directed directed di di- to him of course must be be- opened at the postoffice The foregoing extracts from letters copies of which were recently obtained for the navy department by th theAmer American Amer- Amer scan lean embassy at London shows the the- view taken of Jones by nearly all an the the- people of England but it also shows that the persons with whom he came came- in contact were disposed to recognize recognize- the virtues which he possessed and to acknowledge the finer sensibilities of his character It would undoubtedly undoubtedly undoubtedly edly have b been n a great pleasure to to- Jones who knew the bitterness of feeling feeling feeling feel- feel ing against him In England to have received the letter which Lord Selkirk Selkirk Sel Sel- kirk wrote but which Lord de Spencer Spen prevented from reaching Its des des v New New York Herald |
