Jones, Denis Mason
Denis Mason Jones (March 10, 1918 - January 8, 2010) was an English artist, pictorial mapmaker, and architect based in Leeds, England. He was born in Linton, the scion of an important Leeds architect, William Alban Jones (1875 - 1960). He studied at Scarborough College, followed by architecture school at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. He graduated in 1939, just in time for World War II. He served with the Royal Engineers where he was assigned dangerous minesweeping duties. An exploding mine mangled his right arm. After a long period of healing and recuperation, he was reassigned to wartime educational duties. After World War II, he completed additional architectural training in London and Zurich. Following his studies, Jones resided briefly in London with fellow pictorial mapmaker Kerry Ernest Lee, for whom he produced at least one map - of his hometown Leeds. Jones went on to join his family's architecture firm in Leeds, Jones and Stocks, but never abandoned his interested in pictorial maps, picking up the hobby in retirement. He published a series of 'Heritage Maps' of various English cities and completed map commissions for such distinguished figures as the Duke of Edinburgh and Walt Disney.
Rare pictorial map of Leeds by architect Denis M. Jones.
Leeds from A.D. 1626 - the year of the Royal Charter granted by King Charles the First.
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A rare and stunning 1948 pictorial map of Leeds, England by the architect and artist Denis M. Jones. This is probably Jones' first pictorial map, it covers Jones' hometown of Leeds from Water Lane and Great Wilson Street to Blackman Lane and Rondhay Road. Important buildings are rendered in profile with the Civic Hall at center. The River Aire appears prominently at center. The map is surrounded by heralding imagery and the profiles of important Leeds buildings. The armorial crest of the city of Leeds appears at top center. (more details)