The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Robert Jackson [engraver] ( - 10 Jun 1713)
Robert Jackson's funeral was held on 10 June 1713 and attended by Ralph Thoresby, who describes the deceased as an "ingenious artist" (Diary 2.191) and elsewhere a "writing master" and an engraver. ArtistArtist - engraver
Relevant locations: Residence at Leeds, Leeds Parish
Relationships: Robert Jackson [engraver] was a visitor to the collection of Ralph Thoresby (1658-1725)
Linked manuscript items: as Mentioned or referenced by - "[Guest Book to Thoresby's Museum]," Yorkshire Archaeological Society MS27, Leeds
as Sender of a letter - "[Letter from Robert Jackson to Ralph Thoresby]," Yorkshire Archaeological Society MS8, Leeds
Linked print sources: as Artist - engraver - Ducatus Leodiensis; or the topography of the town and parish of Leedes and parts adjacent ...
as Mentioned or referenced by - The Diary of Ralph Thoresby, F.R.S. author of the topography of Leeds. (1677-1724).
References in Documents:
Walkier
old, of whom is a remarkable Account in
instructive
Letters pag. 116.)
The said Right Reverend Prelate transmitted it to his Grace my Lord Musæum. Calendar curiously writ and
painted by
An.
born without Hands and Feet. Don. D.
Leod.
scription below, writ by himself, when in
Cranidge
gave it me, saw him perform it; the preceding are also attested by
Eye-witnesses.
was born at
below
Jonas Whittington
who was
deaf and dumb brone(as he mistook it for
borne), he paints
after the Life in Oil Colours, and writes well after Copies; but when
his own Conceptions, is much at a Loss in the Prepositions, Monasyl
lables,
&c. All
Swiffers, I saw written.
tion of several Columns in
Tallent
cately writ by himself, when he was Fourscore and four Years of Age,
and sent me by that good old Saint.
George
Beaumont
Beaumont
CharlesI
20 or 21 Lines in an Inch. Don.
Fran. Drake Pontfrac
mon
Rob. Porters
as long winded, yet a Leaf in
8vo. comprizes the whole: It is not
only legible, but delicately writ, yet so close that 28 Lines come with
in the Space of an Inch. Don.
Gul. Moult Leod
Sam. Walker
one Line, and the Condition in another, writ by the curious Pen of
Robert Jackson
ly short of that celebrated Artist, and my kind Friend,
John Sturt
of
has, besides many other exquisite Performances, engraved the
Lord's
Prayerin so small a Compass, that a Silver Half-penny covers it; and
Prayer
the
Creedwithin that of a mill'd Penny; and both of them, with the
Ten Commandments, the
Magnificat, the Prayer for the
King and Queen,
the Prayer for the
Royal Family, the Prayer for
Clergy and People, the
Prayer of
Chrysostom,
Blessing, in the Bigness of the Heads
of their Majesties, upon a Medal,
a
condition in another writ by the curious
pen of
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Ars non habet Inimicum nisi Ignorantem[*] Proverb: "Art has no enemy except the ignorant."