Frederick Hamilton Jackson (1848–1923), also known as Frank, was a painter, designer, and author. He was a frequent exhibitor at the

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and in other places.

Biography

F. Hamilton Jackson was born in 1848 in

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. He won a first-class medal at the Royal Academy Schools, and became a teacher at the

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. He helped to found the Society of Designers, and served as vice-president there; he was similarly a founder member of the

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and served as its first honorary secretary. He was a member of the

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, becoming a council member in 1907; he was also on the council of the Society of Miniature Painters. He became vice-president of the

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. He lived in Bedford Park,

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from about 1880 until about 1904, and then moved to

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. He made a set of

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s for St Alban's Church, Acton Green in 1888, comprising ''Adoration of the Magi'', ''Reception into Heaven'', ''Jesus and the Doctors'', and ''Jesus and the Children''. He created the mosaic

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for

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. He died at his home in Wandsworth on the 13 October 1923 and is buried in

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. File:The death of Caesar (Jackson).jpg, ''The death of Caesar'', 1865 File:What chain is it, that binds thee fast by F. Hamilton Jackson 1875.jpg, ''What chain is it, that binds thee fast?'', 1875 File:Sketch of a statue on roof of a building in Venice by F. Hamilton Jackson 1877.jpg, Sketch of a statue on roof of a building in Venice, 1877 File:The Road to the Sea by F. Hamilton Jackson 1890.jpg, ''The Road to the Sea'', 1890 File:Treves, near Saumur by F. Hamilton Jackson 1909.jpg, ''Eglise Saint Aubin,

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, near Saumur'', 1909

Works

* 1903
Intarsia and Marquestry, a Handbook for the Designer and Craftsman
' - Sands & Co., London * 1904 ''True stories of the condottieri'' - Sands & Co., London * 1904
Mural painting
' – Sands and Co., London * 1905 "Sicily" * 1906
The shores of the Adriatic, the Italian side: an architectural and archæological pilgrimage
' - John Murray, London * 1907 ''Cantor Lectures on Romanesque Ornament'' Printed by W. Trounce, (Series of three lectures delivered at the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce.) * 1908
The Shores of the Adriatic, the Austrian side, the Ku Istria, and Dalmatia
' - John Murray, London * 1912
Rambles in the Pyrenees and the adjacent districts
' - John Murray, London

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jackson, Frederick Hamilton 19th-century English painters English male painters 20th-century English painters 1848 births 1923 deaths 20th-century English male artists 19th-century English male artists