Mason Jackson
Mason Jackson | |
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Born | Ovingham, Northumberland, England | 25 May 1819
Died | 28 December 1903 | (aged 84)
Resting place | Brompton Cemetery, London, England |
Occupation | Wood engraver |
Mason Jackson (25 May 1819 – 28 December 1903) was an English 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.[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b c d public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Jackson, Mason". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 110. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
- ^ a b 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
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