Izaak Walton (1593-1683), Author of 'The Compleat Angler'
Sitter in 5 portraits
A London ironmonger, Walton made enough money to retire at fifty, and devoted the rest of his life to country pursuits, above all fishing. The Compleat Angler (1653), full of pious contentment, expresses his gentle character. He also wrote biographies of John Donne, George Herbert, Richard Hooker and Sir Henry Wotton.
by George Maile, after Jacob Huysmans
mezzotint and etching, early 19th century
NPG D4612
by John Henry Robinson, published by William Pickering, after James Inskipp
line engraving, published 1832
NPG D38527
'Izaak Walton - the old English angler'
by and published by Dean & Co
hand-coloured lithograph, published circa 1849-1855
NPG D19394
by William Strang, after Jacob Huysmans
etching, 1902
NPG D38526
Izaak Walton's Cottage, Nr Stone, Staffordshire
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