At the beginning of his artistic career, Peter Jackson, born in 1922, had not the slightest idea of London's history. This changed when he was hired by the newspaper "London Evening News" to create illustrations. The editorial staff asked him to create a weekly comic strip about the historical development of the city. In doing so, Jackson was able to transform previously little-known historical facts into humorous illustrations. The comic strip, published every Wednesday, was so popular that it was published from 1949 to 1980. It ended at the same time as the high-circulation London evening newspaper was disbanded.
Already in his early years, Peter Jackson, who was born in Brighton, showed an artistic talent. Because of his extraordinary talent for drawing, he was accepted at the Willedsen School of Art after graduating from high school. As a graduate of the art school, he soon sought employment as an illustrator and applied to news papers on his own initiative. This is how he got his first commissions to create a comic about historic London. He also took part in a comic book publication, where he published picture stories with religious content. These stories reflected the religious faith of the artist, who also worked as a teacher in a Sunday school and used his drawings for educational purposes, among other things. In addition, the artist published several books about London together with writers, which he designed graphically and carefully colored. Jackson also published anthologies that summarized his graphic works on a specific theme.
Privately, Jackson was an avid collector of picture stories and other artistic works. Therefore he was a regular guest at scrap dealers and auctions. In this way he assembled a comprehensive collection of tens of thousands of art prints, engravings and photographs. Some of his collection pieces on the city of London have also been included in exhibitions of various renowned museums in England. The artistic work of Peter Jackson has also been the subject of several exhibitions. There were exhibited drawings of bird's-eye views of some London districts, drawn reconstructions of the historical London, self made maps and sculptures. Jackson spent most of his life in London, the city he loved and which was the main subject of his artistic works. The artist spent the last part of his life in the London district of Northwood, where he died in 2003.
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.jpg "Ancient Britons Treading the Ridgeway – the White Horse May Have Been Made by Them by Peter Jackson")
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.jpg "Old London Reconstructed: The Palace of Westminster about 1530 by Peter Jackson")
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.jpg "Michelangelo painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome, the Pope watching from far below by Peter Jackson")
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.jpg "The Bronze Age by Peter Jackson")
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.jpg "Erection of the Statue of Nelson on Top of Nelson")
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.jpg "Dozmare Pool, Near Camelford, Where Supposedly Sir Bedivere Flung the Sword Excalibur by Peter Jackson")
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.jpg "Prince Richard, the future Richard the Lionheart, being knighted by King Louis of France by Peter Jackson")
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.jpg "Old London Bridge by Peter Jackson")
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.jpg "George Washington, having cut down the cherry tree, with his father by Peter Jackson")
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.jpg "Once Upon a Time... Bicycles down the ages. The Penny Farthing by Peter Jackson")
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.jpg "The legend of King Arthur by Peter Jackson")
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.jpg "Old London reconstructed: The city of Westminster by Peter Jackson")
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.jpg "King Charles I Raising His Standard at Nottingham in 1642, Thus Beginning the Civil War by Peter Jackson")
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.jpg "Punishment at school in the Tudor Age by Peter Jackson")
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.jpg "Louis Pasteur sees the results of his experiment with a vaccine for anthrax by Peter Jackson")
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.jpg "William Shakespeare presenting one of his plays to Queen Elizabeth I by Peter Jackson")
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.jpg "The Bull-Ring of King Minos. Minoan Bull-leapers by Peter Jackson")
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.jpg "William Shakespeare, writing by Peter Jackson")
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.jpg "Leif Ericsson, the Viking Who Found America by Peter Jackson")
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.jpg "The Rise and Fall of Carthage: The Carthaginian Secret Weapon - Elephants by Peter Jackson")
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.jpg "The Death of Mozart in Vienna, 1791 by Peter Jackson")
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.jpg "The Wonderful Story of Britain: Highwaymen and Robbers by Peter Jackson")
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.jpg "Louis Pasteur Sees the Results of His Experiment with a Vaccine for Anthrax by Peter Jackson")
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.jpg "Nancy, Oliver Twist by Peter Jackson")
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.jpg "Julius Caesar invading Britain by Peter Jackson")
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.jpg "George Washington Being Sworn in as the First President of America in New York by Peter Jackson")
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.jpg "The Wonderful Story of Britain: William Wallace, Hero of Scotland by Peter Jackson")
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.jpg "Sir Walter Raleigh lays down his cloak for Queen Elizabeth I by Peter Jackson")
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.jpg "Public Transport: Horse, Carriage and Sedan Chair by Peter Jackson")
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.jpg "Old London reconstructed: The Rose Theatre, Southwark by Peter Jackson")
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.jpg "Guildford Castle, Now a Ruin, Was Once a Favourite Residence of Our Early Kings by Peter Jackson")
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.jpg "William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings by Peter Jackson")
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.jpg "Building the pyramids by Peter Jackson")
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.jpg "Mr Bumble, Oliver Twist by Peter Jackson")
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.jpg "When They Were Young: Hadrian - The Roman Emperor by Peter Jackson")
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.jpg "When They Were Young: Cleopatra")
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.jpg "The Wright Brothers as Boys, Given a Toy Plane by Their Father by Peter Jackson")
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.jpg "Milking by Peter Jackson")
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