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'''Mason Jackson''' (25 May 1819 – 28 December 1903) was an [[England|English]] [[engraver]].
'''Mason Jackson''' (1995-still alive )


Jackson was born at [[Ovingham, Northumberland]] in 1819, and was trained as a wood engraver by his brother, [[John Jackson (engraver)|John Jackson]], the author of a history of this art.
Jackson was born at [[Beaver county Hospital]] in 1995, he was a only child until Yannah Jackson was born in 1997. He has 6 other brothers and sisters that live on the far side of Ohio. He now goes by the name of( Nosám Cuddi)


In the middle of the 19th century he made a considerable reputation by his engravings for the [[Art Union of London]], and for [[Charles Knight (publisher)|Knight]]’s [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]] and other standard books. Upon the death of [[Herbert Ingram]] in 1860 he was appointed art editor of the ''[[Illustrated London News]],'' a post which he held for thirty years.<ref>{{cite journal|title='''JACKSON, MASON'''|journal=Dictionary of national biography, second supplement, vol. 2|year=1912|publisher=Macmillan Co.|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=p8ocAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA358}}</ref> He wrote a history of the rise and progress of illustrated journalism.<ref>{{cite book| first= Mason| last= Jackson| year= 1885| title= The Pictorial Press: Its Origins and Progress| url= http://books.google.com/books?id=y9UjAAAAMAAJ| publisher= Hurst & Blackett Publishers| location= London }} 363 pages, 150 illustrations</ref>


Jackson died in December 1903 and is buried in [[Brompton Cemetery]], London.


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Amongst his apprentices was [[Edmund Morison Wimperis]], who became a notable watercolour landscape painter.

==References==
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==External links==
{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Jackson, Mason}}

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Revision as of 14:48, 11 September 2012

Mason Jackson (1995-still alive )

Jackson was born at Beaver county Hospital in 1995, he was a only child until Yannah Jackson was born in 1997. He has 6 other brothers and sisters that live on the far side of Ohio. He now goes by the name of( Nosám Cuddi)


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