which they were printed, many years ago, by Jean Baptiste Jackson, who had been 

 patronised by the King of France; but, whether these prints had been done with 

 the design of embeUishing the walls of houses in diat country, I know not. They 

 had been taken from paintings of eminent old masters, and were mostly Scripture 

 pieces. They were well drawn, and perhaps correctly copied from the originals, 

 yet in my opinion none of them looked well. Jackson left Newcastle quite en- 

 feebled with age, and, it was said, ended his days in an asylum, under the protecting 

 care of Sir Gilbert Elliot, Bart., at some place on the border near die Teviot, or 

 on Tweedside. 



If Bewick was correct in reporting that Jackson died while under the protec- 

 tion of Sir Gilbert Elliot, probably in a Poor Law institution, it is unlikely that 

 the date could have been much later than 1777, the year in which Sir Gilbert died. 

 This would place the meeting of both artists shortly before this time, when Bewick 

 was in his early twenties (he was born in 1753). Sir Gilbert lived in Minto House, 

 Roxburghshire, Scotland, but no evidence can be found for the supposition that 

 Jackson died in the vicinity. No obituary has been discovered. The record of Jack- 

 son's death, if it exists, probably lies in a parish register somewhere on the Scottish 

 border. 



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