Mason Jackson
Mason Jackson (25 May 1819 – 28 December 1903) was an English wood engraver.
Mason Jackson | |
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 Jackson in 1892 | |
| Born | 25 May 1819 Ovingham, Northumberland, England |
| Died | 28 December 1903 (aged 84) |
| Resting place | Brompton Cemetery, London, England |
| Occupation | Wood engraver |
Life
Jackson was born at Ovingham, Northumberland in 1819, and was trained as a wood engraver by his brother, John Jackson, the author of a history of this art.[1]
In the middle of the 19th century, Jackson's prints for The Art Union gave him a considerable reputation, along with Charles Knight's Shakespeare and other standard books. On the death of Herbert Ingram in 1860, Jackson was appointed art editor of the Illustrated London News, a post he held for thirty years.[1][2] He wrote a history of the rise and progress of illustrated journalism, entitled The Pictorial Press: Its Origins and Progress, published in 1885.[1][3]
Jackson died in December 1903 and is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London.[1][2]
Amongst his apprentices was Edmund Morison Wimperis, who became a notable watercolour landscape painter.
References
- One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Jackson, Mason". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 110.
- Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). . Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- Jackson, Mason (1885). The Pictorial Press: Its Origins and Progress. London: Hurst & Blackett Publishers. 363 pages, 150 illustrations
