Frederick Hamilton Jackson

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

Frederick Hamilton Jackson
In the garden (in Bedford Park), 1886
Born	1848 Islington, London
Died	13 October 1923 (1923-10-14) Wandsworth
Nationality	English
Occupation	Painter

Biography

F. Hamilton Jackson was born in 1848^[1] in Islington, London. He won a first-class medal at the Royal Academy Schools, and became a teacher at the Slade school of art. He helped to found the Society of Designers, and served as vice-president there; he was similarly a founder member of the London Sketch Club and served as its first honorary secretary. He was a member of the Art Workers' Guild, becoming a council member in 1907; he was also on the council of the Society of Miniature Painters. He became vice-president of the Royal Society of British Artists.^[2][3]

He lived in Bedford Park, Chiswick from about 1880 until about 1904, and then moved to Wandsworth.

He made a set of stained glass windows 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.^[4][2]

He created the mosaic reredos for St Bartholomew's Church, Brighton.^[5]

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

• Paintings
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  The death of Caesar, 1865
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  What chain is it, that binds thee fast?, 1875
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  Sketch of a statue on roof of a building in Venice, 1877
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  The Road to the Sea, 1890
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  Eglise Saint Aubin, Treves, 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