Elizabeth Walker (artist)


Elizabeth Walker was a British engraver and portrait-painter.
She was born Elizabeth Reynolds in London, daughter of engraver Samuel William Reynolds. In 1829, she married Scottish engraver William Walker. She studied engraving under Thomas Goff Lupton, but after a while, decided to devote herself to miniatures rather than engraving. She exhibited at the Royal Academy 1818-50, was appointed miniature painter to William IV in 1830, and executed portraits of five Prime Ministers. Walker died in London on 9 November 1876.

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