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Mason Jackson

Also known as: Mason Jackson; primary name: Jackson, Mason
Details: individual; printmaker; painter/draughtsman; journalist/critic; British; Male
Life dates: 1819-1903
Address: 12 Cardington Street, Hampstead Road, London (1846-63); 12 Pembroke Gardens, London (1866)
Biography: Wood-engraver and journalist; born in Ovingham, Northumberland; established in London by 1846; brother and trainee of wood-engraver John Jackson (q.v.); principal engraver for the 'Art Union of London,' 1850-60. Engraved for the 'Illustrated London News,' 1850-78, and became the first historian of illustrated journalism in England, 'The Pictorial Press: Its Origins and Progress,' 1885. Exhibited landscape paintings at the RA, 1856-79.
Bibliography: R.K.Engen, 'Dictionary of Victorian Wood Engravers,' 1985.

339 related objects

book; book-illustration; print

Museum number: 1865,1111.1764-1792 |
Producer name: Published by:George CruikshankPublished by:John Cassell |
Production date: 1852 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1891,0326.24 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1831

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1891,0326.54 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1828

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1860,0714.823 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Mason JacksonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1847-1851

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1891,0326.22 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1831

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1891,0326.28 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1831

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1860,0714.707 |
Producer name: BIOG32728 Block cut by:Mason Jackson |
Production date: 1847-1851

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.4872 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonBlock cut by:Mason Jackson |
Production date: 1844

print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1860,0714.542 |
Producer name: BIOG32728 Block cut by:Mason Jackson |
Production date: 1834-1860

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.4848 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonBlock cut by:Mason Jackson |
Production date: 1844

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Temperantia |
Museum number: 1872,1012.2025 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Mason JacksonAfter:Heinrich Mücke |
Production date: 1851

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Spes |
Museum number: 1872,1012.2095 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Mason JacksonAfter:Heinrich Mücke |
Production date: 1851

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.4906 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonBlock cut by:Mason Jackson |
Production date: 1844

print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1860,0714.880 |
Producer name: BIOG32728 Block cut by:Mason Jackson |
Production date: 1834-1903

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1860,0714.820 |
Producer name: BIOG32728 Block cut by:Mason Jackson |
Production date: 1847-1851

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.4909 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonBlock cut by:Mason Jackson |
Production date: 1844

print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1860,0714.532 |
Producer name: BIOG32728 Block cut by:Mason Jackson |
Production date: 1834-1860

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.4877 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Mason JacksonAfter:Thomas Creswick |
Production date: 1844

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1860,0714.662 |
Producer name: BIOG32728 Block cut by:Mason Jackson |
Production date: 1847-1851

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1860,0714.691 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Mason JacksonAfter:J T Thorne |
Production date: 1847-1851

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1860,0714.696 |
Producer name: BIOG32728 Block cut by:Mason Jackson |
Production date: 1847-1851

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1891,0326.77 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1833

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1860,0714.728 |
Producer name: BIOG32728 Block cut by:Mason Jackson |
Production date: 1847-1851

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1891,0326.123 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas BewickAfter:John Bewick |
Production date: 1795-1796

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1860,0714.605 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Mason JacksonAfter:J T Thorne |
Production date: 1847-1851

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1860,0714.653 |
Producer name: BIOG32728 Block cut by:Mason Jackson |
Production date: 1847-1851

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,0613.404 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Mason JacksonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1840

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1860,0714.702 |
Producer name: BIOG32728 Block cut by:Mason Jackson |
Production date: 1847-1851

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1860,0714.878 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Mason JacksonAfter:J T Thorne |
Production date: 1847-1851

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1860,0714.876 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Mason JacksonAfter:J T Thorne |
Production date: 1847-1851

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1860,0714.733 |
Producer name: BIOG32728 Block cut by:Mason Jackson |
Production date: 1847-1851

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1860,0714.799 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Mason JacksonAfter:Ford Madox Brown |
Production date: 1847-1851

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1891,0326.53 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1828

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1891,0326.43 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1828

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1891,0326.9 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1831

print

Museum number: 1891,0326.113 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Mason JacksonAfter:Charles Keene |
Production date: 1838-1891

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1860,0714.754 |
Producer name: BIOG32728 Block cut by:Mason Jackson |
Production date: 1847-1851

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1932,0213.319 |
Producer name: After:James GodwinBlock cut by:Mason Jackson |
Production date: 1846-1876

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.4860 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonBlock cut by:Mason Jackson |
Production date: 1844

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1874,0711.434 |
Producer name: After:William HarveyPrint made by:Mason Jackson |
Production date: 1834-1860

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,0613.255 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Mason JacksonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1840

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.4873 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonBlock cut by:Mason Jackson |
Production date: 1844

print

Museum number: 1891,0326.103 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Mason JacksonAfter:Edward Duncan |
Production date: 1834-1882

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1891,0326.97 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:George Cruikshank |
Production date: 1831

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1891,0326.19 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1831

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1891,0326.11 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1831

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.4871 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Mason JacksonIntermediary draughtsman:John Wykeham Archer |
Production date: 1844

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1891,0326.89 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1816-1848

print

Museum number: 1891,0326.104 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Mason JacksonAfter:Edward Duncan |
Production date: 1834-1882

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1874,0711.435 |
Producer name: After:William HarveyPrint made by:Mason Jackson |
Production date: 1834-1860

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1891,0326.18 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1831

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1891,0326.96 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:George Cruikshank |
Production date: 1831

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1891,0326.46 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1828

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.4854 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonBlock cut by:Mason Jackson |
Production date: 1844

print

Museum number: 1908,0414.405 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Mason JacksonAfter:Thomas Dewell Scott |
Production date: 1843-1864

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1891,0326.20 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1831

print; book-illustration

Title: The Ass and the Lamb |
Museum number: 1891,0326.73 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:James Northcote |
Production date: 1833

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,0613.407 |
Producer name: BIOG32728 Block cut by:Mason Jackson |
Production date: 1834-1900

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.4867 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonBlock cut by:Mason Jackson |
Production date: 1844

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1891,0326.37 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1828

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1891,0326.52 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1828

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1891,0326.36 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1828

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.4881 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonBlock cut by:Mason Jackson |
Production date: 1844

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1891,0326.122 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Charlton NesbittAfter:John Thurston |
Production date: 1818

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1891,0326.80 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1816-1848

print; book-illustration

Title: The Horse and Groom |
Museum number: 1891,0326.67 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:James Northcote |
Production date: 1833

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1891,0326.95 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:George Cruikshank |
Production date: 1831

print

Museum number: 1891,0326.110 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Mason JacksonIntermediary draughtsman:William James Palmer |
Production date: 1858-1884

print

Museum number: 1900,0613.460 |
Producer name: Intermediary draughtsman:William James PalmerBlock cut by:Mason Jackson |
Production date: 1858-1884

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1891,0326.51 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonBlock cut by:John Orrin Smith |
Production date: 1828

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1891,0326.101 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Mason JacksonAfter:George Haydock Dodgson |
Production date: 1855

print

Title: The Return from Milking |
Museum number: 1891,0326.108 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Mason JacksonAfter:James Duffield Harding |
Production date: 1834-1863

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.4856 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonBlock cut by:Mason Jackson |
Production date: 1844

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1891,0326.10 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1831

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1900,0613.408 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Mason JacksonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1840

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1874,0711.456 |
Producer name: After:William HarveyPrint made by:Mason Jackson |
Production date: 1835-1870

print

Museum number: 1892,0314.42 |
Producer name: Print made by:Mason JacksonAfter:Thomas Dewell Scott |
Production date: 1839-1892

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1891,0326.98 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:George Cruikshank |
Production date: 1831

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.4898 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonBlock cut by:Mason Jackson |
Production date: 1844

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1891,0326.40 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1828

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.4879 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonBlock cut by:Mason Jackson |
Production date: 1844

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1891,0326.124 |
Producer name: Print made by:Thomas BewickAfter:Robert Johnson |
Production date: 1792-1795

print

Museum number: 1893,0516.274 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Mason JacksonAfter:Thomas Dewell Scott |
Production date: 1843-1864

print

Museum number: 1891,0326.114 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Mason JacksonAfter:Samuel Read |
Production date: 1834-1891

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1891,0326.82 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1816-1848

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1891,0326.83 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1816-1848

print; book-illustration

Title: A Philisopher watching the Stars |
Museum number: 1854,1211.418.23 |
Producer name: After:Sir John GilbertPrint made by:Mason Jackson |
Production date: 1848

print

Museum number: 1891,0326.109 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Mason JacksonAfter:James Duffield Harding |
Production date: 1834-1863

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1860,0714.705 |
Producer name: BIOG32728 Block cut by:Mason Jackson |
Production date: 1847-1851

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1891,0326.15 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1831

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.4851 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonBlock cut by:Mason Jackson |
Production date: 1844

print

Museum number: 1891,0326.112 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Mason JacksonAfter:Henry Jutsum |
Production date: 1834-1869

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1891,0326.41 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1828

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1891,0326.13 |
Producer name: Block cut by:John JacksonAfter:William Harvey |
Production date: 1831

print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1860,0714.523 |
Producer name: BIOG32728 Block cut by:Mason Jackson |
Production date: 1834-1860

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The late Alphonse de Lamartine, French poet and statesman |
Museum number: 1901,1022.485 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Mason JacksonAfter:Thomas Dewell Scott |
Production date: 1869-1880

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Milking Cows |
Museum number: 1856,0913.200 |
Producer name: After:Aelbert CuypPrint made by:Mason Jackson |
Production date: 1851

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: The hay cart |
Museum number: 1856,0913.192 |
Producer name: After:Philips WouwermanBlock cut by:Mason Jackson |
Production date: 1851

print; newspaper/periodical

Title: Patientia |
Museum number: 1872,1012.2069 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Mason JacksonAfter:Heinrich Mücke |
Production date: 1851

print

Title: Zéphire et Flore |
Museum number: 1891,0326.126 |
Producer name: Block cut by:Stéphane PannemakerAfter:Adolphe William Bouguereau |
Production date: 1875-1891