Frederick Hamilton Jackson Explained

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.

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.

Works

Notes and References

  1. Jackson, Frederick Hamilton . Who's Who . 1907 . 59 . 918 .
  2. Web site: Frederick Hamilton Jackson, 1848-1923 . The Victorian Web . 9 August 2021 . 7 July 2017.
  3. News: Anon . Obituary: F. Hamilton Jackson . The Times . 16 October 1923.
  4. Web site: Jesus and the Doctors . Victorian Web . 2 November 2018.
  5. Book: Dale, Antony . Brighton Churches . . London . 1989 . 0-415-00863-8 . 150.