John Baptist Jackson: 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut

There were competitors in London, among them Matthias Darley, who produced papers in the Chinese style; Thomas Bromwich, who was patronized by Walpole; and Robert Dunbar, Jr., o...

J. Jackson, an Englishman who lived in Paris for a few years, might have perfected himself in wood engraving, which he had learned, as I said previously on page 323, from an Eng...

With opportunities for book illustration gone, Jackson was in a difficult position. His novel chiaroscuro experiments had consumed valuable time and had lost him his standing as...

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... The poorest workman may suffice for an excellent chiaroscuro. I do not depreciate the artistic value as chiaroscuros of the various prints here noted nor underestimate the d...

One year later, in 1917, Max J. Friedländer[52] commented that relief effects in block printing were not alien additions but natural consequences of the method. His main emphasi...

A rewrite of Jackson’s manuscript journal, with some sections quoted verbatim. The artist’s career from about 1725 to 1752 is described. The most important biographical source a...

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