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MASON JACKSON (c. 1820-1903)

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 110 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MASON See also:JACKSON (c. 1820-1903)  , See also:British engraver, was See also:born at See also:Berwick-on-See also:Tweed about 182o, and was trained as a See also:wood engraver by his See also:brother, See also:John See also:Jackson, the author of a See also:history of this See also:art . In the See also:middle of the 19th See also:century he made a considerable reputation by his engravings for the Art See also:Union of See also:London, and for See also:Knight's See also:Shakespeare and other See also:standard books; and in 186o he was appointed art editor of the Illustrated London See also:News, a See also:post which he held for See also:thirty years . He wrote a history of the rise and progress of illustrated journalism . He died in See also:December 1903 .

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