John Baptist Jackson: 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut

by Jacob Kainen

A solid study containing some new material on the artists of the period.

Gori Gandellini, G. Notizie Istoriche degl’ Intagliatori. Siena, 1771, vol. 2, p. 156.

Gusman, P. La Gravure sur bois et d’epargne sur metal du XIV^e au XX^e siècle. Paris, 1916, pp. 32, 164-165, 193, 252.

Hardie, Martin. English Coloured Books. New York and London, 1906, pp. 19-27.

While a brief but sensitive account of Jackson is given, the main emphasis is on the Essay as an illustrated book.

Heinecken, C. H. von. Idée générale d’une collection complette d’estampes. Leipzig and Vienna, 1771, p. 94.

Heller, J. Geschichte der Holzschneidekunst. Bamberg, 1823, pp. 295-296. Praktisches Handbuch für Kupferstichsammler. Leipzig, 1850, p. 334.

Lists 10 chiaroscuros by Jackson.

Heller, J., and Andresen, A. Handbuch für Kupferstichsammler. Leipzig, 1870, vol. 1, pp. 706-707.