William Walker
(1791-1867), Photographer, engraver and publisherArtist associated with 131 portraits
Walker was initially apprenticed to Edinburgh engraver E. Mitchell before moving to London and studying line engraving with James Stewart, stipple engraving with Thomas Woolnoth and mezzotinting with Thomas Lupton. In 1819, he returned to Scotland and was employed to make the engraving of Sir Henry Raeburn's equestrian portrait of the fourth earl of Hopetoun (1821), which established his reputation. He engraved a number of portraits after Raeburn, notably those of Sir Walter Scott and Raeburn himself, which are often cited as among the finest examples of stipple work ever produced.
James Parke, 1st Baron Wensleydale
by and published by William Walker, after Thomas Phillips
mezzotint, published 5 July 1847
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by William Walker, after Henry Pierce Bone
mezzotint, published 1848
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by William Walker, after Henry Pierce Bone
mezzotint, published 1848
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Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton
by and published by William Walker, after Thomas Phillips, and after Henry Wyndham Phillips
mezzotint, published 25 November 1848
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Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton
by and published by William Walker, after Thomas Phillips, and after Henry Wyndham Phillips
mezzotint, published 25 November 1848
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by William Walker, after Unknown artist
mezzotint, published 1849
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by William Walker, after Elizabeth Walker (née Reynolds)
mezzotint, published 1849
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by William Walker, after Frederick Richard Say
mezzotint, published 1849
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by William Walker, after Thomas Woolnoth
mezzotint, 1850
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by and published by William Walker, after Sir Francis Grant
mezzotint, published 1 April 1850
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by and published by William Walker, after Thomas Woolnoth
mezzotint, published 12 September 1850
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by and published by William Walker, after Thomas Woolnoth
mezzotint, published 12 September 1850
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by and published by William Walker, after Thomas Woolnoth
mezzotint, published 1 April 1850
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John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell of St Andrews
by William Walker, after Thomas Woolnoth
mezzotint, published 1851
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by William Walker, after Thomas Woolnoth
mezzotint, published 1851
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by William Walker, after Sir John Watson-Gordon
mezzotint, (1851)
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by and published by William Walker, after Sir John Watson-Gordon
mezzotint, published 4 June 1851
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Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, 1st Bt
by and published by William Walker, after Henry William Pickersgill
mezzotint, published 2 February 1851
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Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, 1st Bt
by William Walker, after Henry William Pickersgill
mezzotint, published 1851
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by William Walker, after Clement Burlison
mezzotint, 1851
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by and published by William Walker, after Thomas Woolnoth
mezzotint, published 1 July 1851
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by and published by William Walker, after Thomas Woolnoth
mezzotint, published 1 July 1851
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by William Walker, after Clement Burlison
mezzotint, 1851
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Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, 1st Bt
by William Walker, after Henry William Pickersgill
mezzotint, published 1851
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Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman
by and published by William Walker, after Eden Upton Eddis
mezzotint, published 1852
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by and published by William Walker, after Richard Buckner
mezzotint, published 1 July 1852
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by and published by William Walker, after Thomas Woolnoth
mezzotint, published 1 August 1852
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by and published by William Walker, after Thomas Woolnoth
mezzotint, published 1 August 1852
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by and published by William Walker, after Henry William Pickersgill
mezzotint, 1852
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by and published by William Walker, after Richard Buckner
mezzotint, published 5 April 1852
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by and published by William Walker, after Thomas Woolnoth
mezzotint, published 1 May 1852
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Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
by William Walker, after (Wilhelm Augustus) Rudolf Lehmann
mezzotint, 1853
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Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
by William Walker, after (Wilhelm Augustus) Rudolf Lehmann
mezzotint, 1853
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by and published by William Walker, after Henry Room
mezzotint, published 10 May 1853
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by and published by William Walker, after Sir William Boxall
mezzotint, published 1 March 1853
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Alexander James Beresford Beresford Hope
by William Walker, after Reuben Thomas William Sayers
mezzotint, published 1 January 1853
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by and published by William Walker, after Henry Wyndham Phillips
mezzotint, published 20 April 1853
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John James Robert Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland
by and published by William Walker, after Richard Buckner
mezzotint, published 1 January 1853
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John James Robert Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland
by and published by William Walker, after Richard Buckner
mezzotint, published 1 January 1853
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by and published by William Walker, after Henry Room
mezzotint, published 10 May 1853
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