Elizabeth Walker (1800–1876) was a British engraver and portrait-painter.
She was born Elizabeth Reynolds in London, daughter of engraver
Samuel William Reynolds
Samuel William Reynolds (4 July 1773 – 13 August 1835) was a mezzotint engraver, landscape painter and landscape gardener. Reynolds was a popular engraver in both Britain and France and there are over 400 examples of his work in the Nation ...
. In 1829, she married Scottish engraver
William Walker (1791–1867). She studied engraving under
Thomas Goff Lupton, but after a while, decided to devote herself to miniatures (studying under
George Clint
George Clint (12 April 1770 – 10 May 1854) was an English portrait painter and engraver, especially notable for his many theatrical subjects.
Life
Clint was born in Brownlow Street, Drury Lane, Covent Garden, London, the son of Michael Cl ...
) rather than engraving.
She exhibited at the
Royal Academy 1818–50,
was appointed miniature painter to
William IV
William IV (William Henry; 21 August 1765 – 20 June 1837) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death in 1837. The third son of George III, William succeeded h ...
in 1830, and executed portraits of five Prime Ministers. Walker died in London on 9 November 1876.
[ ''Also available in print'']
Gallery
Elizabeth Walker (née Reynolds)01.png, Samuel William Reynolds (1773-1835) by his daughter Elizabeth Reynolds
Elizabeth Walker (née Reynolds)02.jpg, Edward Scobell (1785-1860), vicar and writer - engraved by William Walker (1791-1867), after his wife Elizabeth Walker
Elizabeth Walker (née Reynolds)03b.jpg, Molendinar Burn, Glasgow, Scotland
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* ''Includes images of 10 of her works''
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1800 births
1876 deaths
19th-century British women artists
19th-century British painters
British engravers
British portrait painters
British women painters
Painters from London
Women engravers
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