Mason Jackson

Mason Jackson
Jackson in 1892
Born(1819-05-25)25 May 1819
Ovingham, Northumberland, England
Died28 December 1903(1903-12-28) (aged 84)
Resting placeBrompton Cemetery, London, England
OccupationWood 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

  1. ^ a b c d  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.
  2. ^ a b Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). "Jackson, Mason" . Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  3. ^ Jackson, Mason (1885). The Pictorial Press: Its Origins and Progress. London: Hurst & Blackett Publishers. 363 pages, 150 illustrations
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