Anthony Walker
Anthony Walker • Illustration — Physician examining a urine specimen. • Illustration — Prior Park, Bath and Ralph Allen's railway in 1750 from an engraving by Anthony Walker Anthony Walker (1726 – 1765) was an English printmaker and artist. Many of his works can be seen at the Tate Gallery in London. He was also a renowned drawing artist.
Anthony Walker
Anthony Walker · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection · Public Domain Mark
- Born
- 1726 · Thirsk.
- Died
- 1765 · Kensington.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Occupation
- etcher · printmaker · illustrator · draftsperson
- Languages
- English
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Anthony Walker • Illustration — Physician examining a urine specimen. • Illustration — Prior Park, Bath and Ralph Allen's railway in 1750 from an engraving by Anthony Walker Anthony Walker (1726 – 1765) was an English printmaker and artist. Many of his works can be seen at the Tate Gallery in London. He was also a renowned drawing artist.
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Born at Thirsk in 1726, died in Kensington in 1765.
The recorded working language is English. Work by Anthony Walker is recorded in the collections of Minneapolis Institute of Art, Tate, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, National Library of Wales and Yale Center for British Art.
The temple of Fame. Etching by A. Walker., by Anthony Walker
Anthony Walker · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection
Jacob Powell, who died weighing almost 40 stone. Line engraving by A. Walker., by Anthony Walker
Anthony Walker · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection
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