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Elizabeth Jackson (publisher)

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Elizabeth Jackson (active 1783-1788 in London) was a London print seller, significant in particular for being the publisher of nearly seventy prints by the young Thomas Rowlandson in the mid 1780s.

Biography

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Jackson operated from premises at 14 Marylebone Street, Golden Square between 1783 and 1788.[1] There is a Trade card in the Banks Collection for "Jackson. No.14, Marylebone Street, Golden Square, London. Prints Wholesale & Retail."[2] She was one of a number of woman publishers who ran successful print selling businesses in 18th century London; others include Mary Darly, Hannah Humphrey, Mrs Lay, Susan Vivares and Elizabeth Dacheray.

Her output was mostly non-political, and includes cutting satires of the husband and wife artists Richard Cosway and Maria Cosway.[3][4] There are nearly 45 different print published by Jackson in the British Museum, including a number of caricatures; several of her prints were also published by Thomas Cornell. Her output in the mid 1780s included three significant series of Thomas Rowlandson's works that helped establish his career as a printmaker:

Many of Jackson's plates were acquired by the leading London printseller S.W.Fores in the late 1780s and reissued by him with modified lettering.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Maxted, Ian (1977). The London Book Trades1775-1780. Folkestone, England: Dawson. p. 120. ISBN 0-7129-0696-7.
  2. ^ "Elizabeth Jackson (British Museum Biographical details)". Banks Collection D,2.3491
  3. ^ "Satirical print 7019". The British Museum.
  4. ^ "Satirical print 7020". The British Museum.
  5. ^ "Higlers cart – 1870,1008.2846". The British Museum.
  6. ^ George, M Dorothy (1870–1954). 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum. London: The British Museum.BMSatires 7031 to 7050