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Last Name Walker
Given Name Charles Alvah
alt. Names C. A. W. ; Charles A. Walker ;
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Year born 1848 in Loudon, NH
Year died 1920
Place of death Brookline, MA
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Education self-taught artist
Country of Activity United States of America
Worked for Memoirs read before the Boston Society of Natural History (Boston 1866-1928) ; Peabody Academy of Science at Salem ;
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Techniques natural and zoological engraving ; pastoral oil painting ; woodcut ;
Sample(s) http://www.invaluable.com/artist/walker-charles-alvah-2156i6vc3w ;
Archival sources http://whitemountainart.com/about-3/artists/charles-alvah-walker-1848-1925/ ; https://ia801603.us.archive.org/17/items/jstor-25589628/25589628.pdf ;
Published sources Nissen: Zoolog. Buchillustration 1969/78 # 4684 ;
other He was not born in London as mentioned by Nissen. Walker invented the term ‘monotype’ about 1880. Mostly known for pastoral or White Mountain scenes in the Campton and Sandwich Range area of New Hampshire.
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