George Walker
Sketched wildlife, people, landscapes
George Walker was born in 1781 near Leeds, the youngest of five brothers; his father William was a drysalter and a member of the Mill Hill Chapel. George was educated in Mansfield and then at the Revd. Charles Wellbeloved's school in York. Instead of following his father's trade, he studied natural history and fine art, often making sketches of wildlife, people and landscapes. He died in 1856.
Artworks by this artist
- Factory children, Plate 36 1814
- Jockies, Plate 40 1814
- Nor and spell, Plate 12 1814
- The cloth dresser, Plate 6 1814
- Leech finders, Plate 35 1814
- Peat cart, Plate 27 1814
- The cranberry girl, Plate 13 1814
- Teasel field, Plate 23 1814
- Midsummer eve, Plate 34 1814
- Riding the stang., Plate 26 1814
- The cloth hall, Plate 28 1814
- The dog breaker, Plate 4 1814
- Woman making oat cakes, Plate 9 1814
- Scotsman with Sword; Modern Dress of a Highland Chieftan
- Rape threshing, Plate 15 1814
- Sheffield cutler, Plate 39 1814
- Industrious Jenny
- Line swinglers, Plate 24 1814
- Woman spinning, Plate 29 1814
- Uncle George in the Dress of a Highland Herdsman