Career As A Painter
Jackson was a prodigy as a painter in his youth, and during his lifetime produced many paintings of the American west. Jackon's mother was also an accomplished painter of water colours and to her he gave credit for her encouragement with his success as a painter. His first job as an artist job was in 1858. He was hired as a retoucher for a photography studio in Troy, New York, where he worked for two years. Scotts Bluff National Monument houses the largest collection of William Henry Jackson paintings in the world.
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