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| Born | (1819-05-25)25 May 1819 Ovingham, Northumberland, England |
| Died | 28 December 1903(1903-12-28) (aged 84) |
| Resting place | Brompton Cemetery, London, England |
| Occupation | Wood engraver |
Mason Jackson (25 May 1819 – 28 December 1903) was an Englishwood engraver.
Jackson was born atOvingham, 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 forThe Art Union gave him a considerable reputation, along withCharles Knight'sShakespeare and other standard books. On the death ofHerbert Ingram in 1860, Jackson was appointed art editor of theIllustrated London News, a post he held for thirty years.[1][2] He wrote a history of the rise and progress of illustrated journalism, entitledThe Pictorial Press: Its Origins and Progress, published in 1885.[1][3]
Jackson died in December 1903 and is buried inBrompton Cemetery, London.[1][2]
Amongst his apprentices wasEdmund Morison Wimperis, who became a notable watercolour landscape painter.[citation needed]
One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Jackson, Mason".Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 110.
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