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'''Mason Jackson''' ( |
'''Mason Jackson''' (25 May 1819 – 28 December 1903) was an [[England|English]] [[engraver]]. |
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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. |
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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> |
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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. |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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| DATE OF BIRTH = 25 May 1819 |
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| DATE OF DEATH = 28 December 1903 |
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Revision as of 14:48, 11 September 2012
Mason Jackson (25 May 1819 – 28 December 1903) was an English engraver.
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.
In the middle of the 19th century he made a considerable reputation by his engravings for the Art Union of London, and for Knight’s 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.[1] He wrote a history of the rise and progress of illustrated journalism.[2]
Jackson died in December 1903 and is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London.
Amongst his apprentices was Edmund Morison Wimperis, who became a notable watercolour landscape painter.
References
- ^ "JACKSON, MASON". Dictionary of national biography, second supplement, vol. 2. Macmillan Co. 1912.
- ^ Jackson, Mason (1885). The Pictorial Press: Its Origins and Progress. London: Hurst & Blackett Publishers. 363 pages, 150 illustrations
External links
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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