Mason Jackson
 |
Mason Jackson (1819 – 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; and in 1860 he was appointed art editor of the Illustrated London News, a post which he held for thirty years. He wrote a history of the rise and progress of illustrated journalism.
Jackson died in December 1903 and is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London.
External links
Jackson, Mason (1885). The Pictorial Press: Its Origins and Progress. London: Hurst & Blackett Publishers. {{cite book}}: External link in |title=
 | This English biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |