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John Jackson' (1801-1848) was an English 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 William Harvey.
He made engravings for Northcote's Fables and illustrations in Penny Magazine.[1] In 1839 he provided over 300 wood-engravings for an illustrated history of wood-engraving with text written by Chatto.[2]
References
- ^ "JACKSON, JOHN". Dictionary of national biography: index and epitome, 2nd edn. Smith, Elder, & Co. 1906.
- ^ Jackson, John; Chatto, William Andrew (1839). A Treatise on Wood Engraving, Historical and Practical. London: Charles Knight and Co.
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