Editing Mason Jackson

{{short description|English wood engraver (1819–1903)}}
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'''Mason Jackson''' (25 May 1819 – 28 December 1903) was an English [[wood engraving|wood engraver]].

==Life==
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.<ref name=EB1911>{{EB1911 |wstitle=Jackson, Mason |volume=15 |page=110 |inline=1}}</ref>

In the middle of the 19th century, Jackson's prints for ''[[The Art Journal|The Art Union]]'' gave him a considerable reputation, along with [[Charles Knight (publisher)|Charles Knight]]'s [[William Shakespeare|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.<ref name=EB1911/><ref name=DNB12>{{cite DNB12|wstitle=Jackson, Mason|volume=2}}</ref> He wrote a history of the rise and progress of illustrated journalism, entitled ''The Pictorial Press: Its Origins and Progress'', published in 1885.<ref name=EB1911/><ref>{{cite book| first= Mason| last= Jackson| year= 1885| title= The Pictorial Press: Its Origins and Progress| url= https://archive.org/details/pictorialpressi00jackgoog| publisher= Hurst & Blackett Publishers| location= London }} 363 pages, 150 illustrations</ref>

Jackson died in December 1903 and is buried in [[Brompton Cemetery]], London.<ref name=EB1911/><ref name=DNB12/>

Amongst his apprentices was [[Edmund Morison Wimperis]], who became a notable watercolour landscape painter.{{Citation needed|date=April 2021}}

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Mason Jackson}}
* {{Gutenberg author | id=Jackson,+Mason | name=Mason Jackson}}
* {{Internet Archive author |sname=Mason Jackson |sopt=t}}

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