John Lockwood Kipling (6 July 1837 – 26 January 1911) was an English art teacher, illustrator and museum curator who spent most of his career in

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. He was the father of the author

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Life and career

Lockwood Kipling was born in Pickering, North Riding, the son of Reverend Joseph Kipling and Frances nee Lockwood, and was educated at

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, a Methodist boarding school. He met his wife

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while working in

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, Staffordshire, where his designs can still be seen on the façade of the

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.Drawing by John Lockwood Kipling, and Biography
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''. Alice was the daughter of a Methodist minister, the Reverend George Browne Macdonald. Kipling married during 1865 and relocated with his wife to India, where he had been appointed as a professor of architectural sculpture in the Jeejeebhoy School of Art in

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(now

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), and later became its principal. Their son was born soon after, in December 1865, and was christened Rudyard after

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, the place where his parents had first met; their daughter Alice also known as Beatrice Kipling was born in 1868. His life-long friend John Griffiths, whom he had met whilst working together at the South Kensington Museum and worked with him at the Bombay School of Art, became Rudyard's godfather. During 1870–1872 Kipling was commissioned by the government to tour the

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, North-West Frontier and

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and make a series of sketches of Indian craftsmen as well as various sights and antiquities in these regions. Several of these sketches are presently at the

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whilst others were printed in a number of books. During 1875, Kipling was appointed the Principal of Mayo School of Arts, Lahore,

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(present day

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) and also became curator of the old original

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which figured as the Wonder House or ''Ajaib Ghar'' in Kim, not to be confused with the present one. He retired back to England in 1893. Kipling illustrated many of Rudyard Kipling's books, and other works, including ''Tales of the Punjab'' by

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. He also worked on the decorations for the

in London and

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s on the

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in Bombay. The friezes of the Crawford Market are done in a Romano-Gothic style. The west entrance displays trader and sack-scales with porter, planter and water carrier around a well-head, while the east features several bullock carts. John Kipling designed the uniforms and decorations for the Imperial Assemblage at

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during 1877, organised by the

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, Lord Lytton, at which

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was proclaimed Empress of India. During his tenure as the Principal of the Mayo School of Art, Lahore, he patronised indigenous artisans and by training and apprenticeship transformed them into craftsmen and designers. One of his protégés was

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, who assisted him in his imperial commission for decorating the

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Room at

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. Kipling also remained editor of the ''Journal of Indian Art and Industry'', which published drawings made by the students of the Mayo School. He died in 1911, and is buried beside his wife in

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parish church.Papers of John Lockwood Kipling
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''. During 2017 the

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had an exhibition of his work: ''John Lockwood Kipling: Arts & Crafts in the Punjab and London.

Main published works

* ''Beast and Man in India: A Popular Sketch of Indian Animals in Their Relations with the People'', Published by Macmillan and Co, London, 1891. * ''Inezilla: A Romance in Two Chapters'', by J.L.K. Reprinted from The Chameleon, Allahabad,

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* ''Across the Border: Or, Pathân and Biloch'', by Edward Emmerson Oliver, Illustrations by John Lockwood Kipling. Published by Chapman and Hall, 1890. * ''Tales of the Punjab Told by the People'', by Flora Annie Webster Steel, Richard Carnac Temple, John Lockwood Kipling. Published by Macmillan and co., 1894. * ''The Two Jungle Books'', by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrations by J. Lockwood Kipling, C.I.E., and W. H. Drake. Published by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., New York, 1893.

Gallery

File:T2JB423 - Jungle Book capital R.jpg, Illustration for a chapter capital in the 1895 edition of ''The Two Jungle Books'' (1895), a compilation of ''The Jungle Book'' and ''The Second Jungle Book'', both by his son, Rudyard Kipling. File:JLKipling Kim Great Trunk Road.jpg,

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from a series illustrating '' Kim''. File:Mayo College, Ajmer, India - Coat of Arms.JPG, Mayo College, Ajmer, India Coat of Arms designed by (John) Lockwood Kipling. File:JLKiplingdedication.jpg, Cryptic dedication page with Arabic inscriptions. File:Wood Carver at Shimla, pencil and ink drawing by John Lockwood Kipling, 1870.jpg, ''Wood Carver at Shimla'', pencil and ink drawing by J. Lockwood Kipling, 1870. File:1 Kipling graves Tisbury.jpg, Graves of John Lockwood Kipling and Alice Kipling, St John the Baptist Church, Tisbury, Wiltshire, England. File:2 Kipling graves Tisbury.jpg, Graves of John Lockwood Kipling and Alice Kipling, St John the Baptist Church, Tisbury, Wiltshire, England. File:3 Kipling graves Tisbury.jpg, Grave of John Lockwood Kipling, St John the Baptist Church, Tisbury, Wiltshire, England. File:4 Kipling graves Tisbury.jpg, Grave of John Lockwood Kipling, St John the Baptist Church, Tisbury, Wiltshire, England. File:5 Kipling graves Tisbury.jpg, Grave of Alice Kipling, St John the Baptist Church, Tisbury, Wiltshire, England. File:6 Kipling graves Tisbury.jpg, Grave of Alice Kipling, St John the Baptist Church, Tisbury, Wiltshire, England.

References

External links

Rudyard Kipling Papers and other Kipling related collections
at The Keep,

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Works held by the Victoria and Albert Museum
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kipling, John Lockwood English illustrators 1837 births 1911 deaths Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire People from Pickering, North Yorkshire British people in colonial India Academic staff of Sir J. J. School of Art Family of Rudyard Kipling Burials at Tisbury parish church, St John's Principals of the National College of Arts Artists from Lahore

Life and career

Main published works

Gallery

See also

References

Further reading

External links