John Lockwood Kipling
John Lockwood Kipling | |
|---|---|
 Portrait of John Lockwood Kipling, by Hollinger. | |
| Born | 6 July 1837 Pickering, North Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 26 January 1911 (aged 73) Tisbury, Wiltshire, England |
| Occupation | Art teacher, illustrator, museum curator |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Rudyard Kipling |
John Lockwood Kipling
Life and career
Lockwood Kipling was born in Pickering, North Riding, the son of Reverend Joseph Kipling and Frances nee Lockwood,[2] and was educated at Woodhouse Grove School, a Methodist boarding school. He met his wife Alice MacDonald while working in Burslem, Staffordshire, where his designs can still be seen on the façade of the Wedgwood Institute.[3]
Alice was the daughter of a Methodist minister, the Reverend George Browne Macdonald. Kipling married during 1865 and relocated with his wife to India, where he had been appointed as a professor of architectural sculpture in the
Their son was born soon after, in December 1865, and was christened
During 1875, Kipling was appointed the Principal of
Kipling illustrated many of Rudyard Kipling's books, and other works, including Tales of the Punjab by
During his tenure as the Principal of the Mayo School of Art, Lahore, he patronised indigenous artisans and by training and apprenticeship transformed them into craftsmen and designers. One of his protégés was Bhai Ram Singh, who assisted him in his imperial commission for decorating the Durbar Room at Osborne House. Kipling also remained editor of the Journal of Indian Art and Industry, which published drawings made by the students of the Mayo School.
He died in 1911, and is buried beside his wife in Tisbury, Wiltshire parish church.[13]
During 2017 the Bard Graduate Center had an exhibition of his work: John Lockwood Kipling: Arts & Crafts in the Punjab and London.[1]
Main published works
- Beast and Man in India: A Popular Sketch of Indian Animals in Their Relations with the People, Published by Macmillan and Co, London, 1891.
- Inezilla: A Romance in Two Chapters, by J.L.K. Reprinted from The Chameleon, Allahabad, [1873].
- Across the Border: Or, Pathân and Biloch, by Edward Emmerson Oliver, Illustrations by John Lockwood Kipling. Published by Chapman and Hall, 1890.
- Tales of the Punjab Told by the People, by Flora Annie Webster Steel, Richard Carnac Temple, John Lockwood Kipling. Published by Macmillan and co., 1894.
- The Two Jungle Books, by Rudyard Kipling. Illustrations by J. Lockwood Kipling, C.I.E., and W. H. Drake. Published by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., New York, 1893.
Gallery
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Illustration for a chapter capital in the 1895 edition of The Two Jungle Books (1895), a compilation of The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book, both by his son, Rudyard Kipling. -
Bas-relief from a series illustrating Kim. -
Mayo College, Ajmer, India Coat of Arms designed by (John) Lockwood Kipling. -
Cryptic dedication page with Arabic inscriptions. -
Wood Carver at Shimla, pencil and ink drawing by J. Lockwood Kipling, 1870. -
Graves of John Lockwood Kipling and Alice Kipling, St John the Baptist Church, Tisbury, Wiltshire, England. -
Graves of John Lockwood Kipling and Alice Kipling, St John the Baptist Church, Tisbury, Wiltshire, England. -
Grave of John Lockwood Kipling, St John the Baptist Church, Tisbury, Wiltshire, England. -
Grave of John Lockwood Kipling, St John the Baptist Church, Tisbury, Wiltshire, England. -
Grave of Alice Kipling, St John the Baptist Church, Tisbury, Wiltshire, England. -
Grave of Alice Kipling, St John the Baptist Church, Tisbury, Wiltshire, England.
See also
- Lockwood Kipling Fountain
References
- New York Times, 24 January 1892.
- ISBN 014058028X.
- ^ Victoria & Albert Museum.
- ^ "The Kiplings and India: Alice MacDonald Fleming (Beatrice [Trix] Kipling)".
- ^ "Rudyard Kipling". 6 August 2021.
- ^ "A Study of a Head of a Koonbie | Griffiths, John | V&A Explore the Collections".
- ^ "Lockwood Kipling: Arts & Crafts of Punjab and London". The Heritage Lab. 15 January 2017. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
- ^ "Book Illustration by John Lockwood Kipling". victorianweb.org. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
- ^ "Lockwood Kipling: Arts and Crafts in the Punjab and London – Exhibition at V&A Museum". Owlcation. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
- ^ Tarin, O, in 'The Kipling Journal', June 2008, pp 10–21
- ^ For details see Peter Hopkirk, Quest for Kim:In Search of Kipling's Great Game London: J Murray, 1996
- ISBN 978-1-872914-41-1.
- ^ Papers of John Lockwood Kipling University of Sussex.
Further reading
- Bryant, Julius & Susan Weber (eds.) John Lockwood Kipling: Arts and Crafts in the Punjab and London, Yale University Press, 2017. ISBN 978-0-30022-159-6
- The Pater: John Lockwood Kipling His Life and Times 1837–1911, by Arthur R Ankers, Pond View Books, 1988. ISBN 1-871044-00-6
- The Kipling Papers: A List of Papers of John Lockwood Kipling 1837–1911, Joseph Rudyard Kipling 1865–1936, and of Some Papers of Josephine, Elsie and John Kipling from Wimpole Hall, Cambridge. by University of Sussex Library. Manuscripts Section, Rudyard Kipling. Published by University of Sussex Library, 1980. ISBN 0-85087-014-3.
- Official Chronicle of the Mayo School of Art: The Formative Years Under Lockwood Kipling. (1875 to 1893), Researched and introduced by Nadeem Omar Tarar. Samina Choonara (editor). National College of Arts, Lahore, 2003, ISBN 969-8623-00-0
External links
- Rudyard Kipling Papers and other Kipling related collections Archived 22 November 2021 at the Wayback Machine at The Keep, University of Sussex
- Works by John Lockwood Kipling at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about John Lockwood Kipling at Internet Archive
- Works held by the Victoria and Albert Museum
