Henry Walton (1746–1813) was an English painter and art dealer. Little is known of Walton's early life. In 1770, he began studying art at the

St. Martin's Lane Academy The St Martin's Lane Academy, a precursor of the Royal Academy, was organised in 1735 by William Hogarth, from the circle of artists and designers who gathered at Slaughter's Coffee House at the upper end of St Martin's Lane, London. The artistic ...

, in London. Walton primarily worked as a portraitist, painting in oil and producing miniatures. Later he painted some

genre works Genre art is the pictorial representation in any of various media of scenes or events from everyday life, such as markets, domestic settings, interiors, parties, inn scenes, work, and street scenes. Such representations (also called genre works, ...

. Records show he later worked as a picture dealer and adviser to some major private collectors.

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A Girl Buying a Ballad exhibited 1778
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