Frederick Hamilton Jackson | |
Birth Date: | 1848 |
Birth Place: | Islington, London |
Death Place: | Wandsworth |
Nationality: | English |
Occupation: | Painter |
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.
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.