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 JACCOP.ER JACCOBER, JACOB BER called, lx>rn Cat. Nat. Gal. ; Ch. Blanc, Eeole anglaise ; at Blieskastel, Bavaria, March <!, 178(!, died Sandby, i. 35!). in Paris, July 17, 18(13. Fruit and flown- JACOB, JULIUS, born at Berlin, April painter, pupil of Gerard van Spaemlonek ; 2."), 1811, died there, Oct. 20, 1882. History became naturalized in France. Employed and portrait painter, pupil in Berlin of Woch, at Sevres from 1823 till 182."), and of high of Diisseldorf Academy, and in 1'aris of De- repute iu his branch of art. Medals: 2d i laroche. Travelled in Europe, North Africa, class, 1831 and 1834 ; 1st class, 18:5',) ; L. of and Asia Minor ; spent eleven years in Eng- Honour, 1843. Works: Fruits and Flow- land, and in 18(."> went to Vienna, where, ere (183!)), Luxembourg Museum ; do. in after painting twenty-six portraits of dis- Salons of 1822-55. Bellier, i. 800 ; Nou- tinguished persons within a year, he re- velle biogr. generale, Paris, 1855. turned to Berlin. Medals in Paris, Lyons, JACK IN OFFICE, Sir Edwin hnulwr, Uouen ; member of many artistic societies. South Kensington Museum ; canvas, H. 1 ft. i Works : Scenes from History of St. Louis ; 8 in. x 2 ft. 2 in. An itin- erant dealer in dog-meat lias left his barrow in an alley in charge of a sati- ated mongrel, who, seated upon the top. receives un- moved the courtier-like at- tentions of his hungry and less fortunate fellow-creat- ures. Somewhat similar ^el (jaltery. in treatment to Alexander and Diogenes. Royal Academy, 183;$. Black- burn, Pictures at Kensing- ton ; Stephens, 01). JACKSON, JOHN, born at Lastingham, Yorkshire, May 31, 1778, died in Lon- don, June 1, 1831. Son of a tailor, but enabled by friends to study Artist Life ; Portraitsof Princes Mctternich, in schools of Royal Academy; elected A.U.A. Schwarzenberg, Liechtenstein, Kinsky, Win- in 1815, and R.A. in 1817. Became famous dischgraet/, Lobkowit/,, Field-Marshal Hess, as a portrait painter, both in water-colours Count Apponyi ; Male Head (1845). Nation- and in oils, and had many distinguished sit- al Gallery, Berlin. Miiller, 277 ; Jordan ters. In 181!) he visited Rome, where he (1885), ii. 10(J ; Kunst-Chronik, xviii. 41; painted Canova, and was elected a member Leixner, Mod. K., i. 5(i ; ii. 100, 11!) ; Ro- of the Academy of St. Luke. One of his senberg, Berl. Malcrsch., 51. best works is a portrait of Flaxman, painted JACOB VAN AMSTERDAM. See ( '..;- for and in possession of Lord Dover. Por- ni'li*;, Jacob. traits of Miss Stephens, Sir John Soane, JACOB AND THE ANGEL (Gen. xxxii.), nnd Rev. William Holwell Carr, National Eugene Drlwrm.r, St. Sulpice, Paris ; mural Gallery ; portrait of himself, National Por- painting in chapel of Saintes-Anges. Tho trait Gallery ; do., at Dover House, White- struggle of Jacob with the angel. One of hall, and at Castle Howard. Redgrave ; Delacroix's best works. Larousse, ix. 862. 333