STATE VISIT TO THE CITY: GENERAL VIEW OF THE GUILDHALL

Original 15 3/4 inch x 21 inch Engraving titled STATE VISIT TO THE CITY: GENERAL VIEW OF THE GUILDHALL.

Engraving by Mason Jackson (1819 – 1903). Wood-engraver and journalist, born in Ovingham, Northumberland. He was established in London by 1846 as principal engraver for the ‘Art Union of London,’ 1850-60. Engraved for the ‘Illustrated London News,’ 1850-78, and became the first historian of illustrated journalism in England, ‘The Pictorial Press: Its Origins and Progress,’ 1885. Exhibited landscape paintings at the Royal Academy, 1856-79.

From The Illustrated London News June 20th, 1862

The engraving is in very good condition with one vertical fold.