Henry Walton (1746-1813)
Artist associated with 16 portraits
Little is known of Henry Walton's early life; his earliest recorded portraits date from 1768. In 1770, he began studying art at the Maiden Lane Academy, in Covent Garden, London. During the 1770s, Walton worked as a portraitist, painting portraits in oil and producing miniatures. Among his most celebrated sitters were Edward Gibbon, the Revd William Gilpin, Horatio Walpole, first earl of Orford, and Lord Cornwallis. In the 1780s, Walton had some success making genre paintings. By the early 1790s, he was established as a picture dealer and adviser to some major private collectors.
by Henry Walton
oil on mahogany panel, 1773
NPG 1443
John Palmer as Count Almaviva in 'The Spanish Barber'
by Henry Walton
oil on canvas, 1779
NPG 2086
by Henry Walton
oil on panel, feigned oval, 1781
NPG 4418
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne
by Henry Walton
oil on canvas, feigned oval, circa 1805
On display in Room 20 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 178
by and published by George Clint, after Henry Walton
mezzotint, published 1 January 1805 (1781)
NPG D14849
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne
by Henry Bone, after Henry Walton
pencil drawing squared in ink for transfer, January 1806 (circa 1805)
NPG D17330
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne
by Charles Turner, after Henry Walton
mezzotint, published 1806
NPG D3537
Horatio Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford
by Charles Turner, published by Robert Cribb, after Henry Walton
mezzotint, published 1 May 1806
NPG D3774
by Harriet Gunn (née Miss Dawson Turner), after Henry Walton
lithograph, 1820s-1830s
NPG D11246
by Maxim Gauci, after Henry Walton
lithograph, circa 1823
NPG D8390
by William Ridley, after Henry Walton
stipple engraving, published 1794 (1773)
NPG D19901
Horatio Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford
by Charles Turner, published by Robert Cribb, after Henry Walton
mezzotint, published 1 May 1806
NPG D39371
by Maxim Gauci, published by Charles Joseph Hullmandel, after Henry Walton
lithograph, circa 1810-1846
NPG D14998
All paintings by this artist on the BBC Your Paintings website
