John Jackson
English engraver, born 1801
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| Intro | English engraver, born 1801 | ||
| Places | United Kingdom Great Britain England | ||
| was | Engraver Carver Artist Illustrator Writer | ||
| Work field | Arts Creativity Literature | ||
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| Birth | 1801, Ovingham, Northumberland, North East England, United Kingdom | ||
| Death | 1848 (aged 47 years) | ||
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John Jackson (1801–1848) was a British wood-engraver.
Jackson was born at Ovingham, Northumberland in 1801, and was apprenticed to the wood-engraver Thomas Bewick. After a quarrel with his master, Jackson went to London and worked for the wood-engraver William Harvey.
Jackson made wood-engravings for Northcote's Fables and illustrations for the Penny Magazine. In the early 1830s he taught wood-engraving to his younger brother Mason Jackson. In 1839 he provided over 300 prints for an illustrated history of wood-engraving with text written by William Andrew Chatto.
He died in 1848 and was buried on the western side of Highgate Cemetery. The grave (no.2680) no longer has a headstone or marker.