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Last Name Walker

Given Name John

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

Marriage

Children

Year born 1786 in London

Year died 1873

Place of death London

Father's occupation map engraver ->John Walker Sr. (1759-1830)

Relatives map engraver Charles Walker (1xxx-1872) (brother) ;

Education

Country of Activity England, UK

Worked for The Indian Atlas (1828ff.) ; James Rennell: Charts of the Prevalent Currents in the Atlantic Ocean (1832) ; Arthur Mills: India (London 1858, with Revenue map of India) ;

Patronage Hydrographic Office, London ; British King William IV ; Queen Victoria ;

Collaborators John Walker Sr. (father) ; John Walker Jr. (brother) ;

Techniques copperplate engraving, drawing & geographic maps, e.g. Harbour of Gotienburg including Winga Sound 1811

Sample(s) www.birmingham.ac.uk/Images/College-LES-only/GEES/lapworth/map-walker-932x628.jpg

Archival sources www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/jcwalker with links to var. online-maps

Published sources

other Known in mid 19th c. as "J. & C. Walker", engravers, draughtsmen & publishers based in London at 47 Bernard St Russel Sq (from 1830 - 1836), 3 Burleigh St Strand (1837-1840), 9 Castle St Holborn (1841-1847) & at 37 Castle St Holborn (1848-1875).

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