John Coney (Kenyan Politician)
John Coney may refer to: * John Coney (silversmith) (1655–1722), American silversmith *John Coney (engraver) (1786–1833), British artist *John Coney Moulton John Coney Moulton (1886–1926) was born in St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, England, and died in London. He was an officer in the British Army, as well as an amateur zoologist who spent many years in South-East Asia. Career He was Curator of the S ...

John Coney (silversmith)
John Coney (5 January 1655 – 20 August 1722) was an early American silversmith and goldsmith from Boston, Massachusetts. He specialised in engraving. From the 1690s on, Coney was considered the most important Bostonian silversmith of his day. In 1702, he engraved the paper money for Massachusetts. Coney also designed a version of the seal of Harvard College. John Coney was the apprentice of and later brother-in-law to Jeremiah Dummer, the first American-born silversmith. He married Mary Atwater, sister of Dummer's wife, in 1694. They were widower and widow, Coney was married twice before. He had twelve children in total, but only five daughters survived beyond infancy. His last apprentice, from 1716 until the time of Coney's death, was Apollos Rivoire, father of Paul Revere, and his indirect influence on Revere was considerable. Other apprentices included the brothers Samuel (1684–1713) and John (1692–1720) Gray, early silversmiths from Connecticut, and John Burt. Ma ...
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John Coney (engraver)
John Coney (1786–1833) was an English architectural draughtsman and engraver. Life He was born at Ratcliffe Highway, London. He was apprenticed to an architect, but never followed the profession. He commenced making pencil drawings of the interior of Westminster Abbey and other Gothic buildings as early as the age of fifteen; these he sold to dealers, and other casual customers, at low prices. He died in Camberwell in 1833. Works In 1815, he published his first work, a series of eight views of the exterior and interior of Warwick Castle, drawn and etched by himself. Shortly afterwards he was employed by Harding to draw and engrave a series of exterior and interior views of the cathedrals and abbey churches of England, to illustrate a new edition of William Dugdale's ''Monasticon'', edited by Sir Henry Ellis. These plates occupied a great portion of his time for fourteen years, and were executed with consummate skill. In 1829, he began the engravings of 'Ancient Cathedrals, ...
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