Mason Jackson
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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.<ref name=EB1911>{{#if: |
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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.<ref name=EB1911/><ref name=DNB12>Template:Cite DNB12</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>Template:Cite book 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.Template:Citation needed