John practised both mezzotint and stipple engraving styles.
He lived in Great Portland Street, London from 1783.
[2] Jones produced a large number of plates, chiefly from portraits by Joshua Reynolds, George Romney, and other contemporary painters; these, with few exceptions, he published himself.
[2] Jones's mezzotints included portraits of:[2] also the "Blenheim Theatricals", after James Roberts, and some figure-subjects after George Carter, William Redmore Bigg, Henry Fuseli, and others.
[1] Among Jones's stipple plates were:[2] The print of Reynolds's View from Richmond Hill, the proofs of which are dated 1796, was published by Jones's widow in 1800.