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Last Name Walker

Given Name John

alt. Names J. W. ; John Walker sen. ;

Marriage

Children engraver Charles Walker (1xxx-1872) and engraver John Walker (1786-1873)

Year born 1759

Year died 1830

Place of death London

Father's occupation presumably engraver ->William Walker (1729-1793)

Relatives

Education geography

Country of Activity United Kingdom

Worked for explorer John Ross: Track of HMS Isabella & Alexander (1818/9) ; Alexander Caldcleugh: Travels in South America, during 1819-21 (1825) ; dermatologist Robert Willan (1757-1812): Descr. Cutaneous Diseases (1798-1808) ; J. W.: Elements of Geography & of Natural & Civil History (1795ff.) ;

Patronage British Admiralty ; Capt. Hurd R.N. Hydrographer to the Admiralty ; editor of ‘Copper Plate Magazine or Monthly Cabinet of Picturesque Prints' 1792-

Collaborators John Walker (son) ; Charles Walker (son) ; artist W. Darton ; artist Edwards ; artist Strutt ; artist Cruikshank ; artist Boyne ; artist Kirtland ; artist Perry ;

Techniques geographical and topographical copperplate engraving ; cartographical map making ; hand-colouring ;

Sample(s) www.discoverfamily.net/?attachment_id=47 ; http://lithuanianmaps.com/images/1799_Guthrie_-_Poland_bertius.JPG ;

Archival sources http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3309058 Harvard University Library ;

Published sources C. J. Schüler: Geschichte Kartographie 2010: 367 ; Ehring: Hautkrankheiten 1989: 73 ; Andrew Davis et al. (eds.): The Malaspina Expedition 1789-1794 (London 2003, volume 2: 229) ;

other J. Walker & Sons, 47 Bernard St. Russell Square London.

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