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School of Art
Aberystwyth University
Buarth Mawr
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
SY23 1NG

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Display artist/maker:

Frederick Walker

Born: 1840, UK, England, London   Died: 1875, UK, Scotland, St. Fillans

Painter and illustrator. Son of a jeweller. After having been apprenticed with London architects Messrs Baker and Harris at fifteen, he enrolled at Leigh’s Academy in 1857 and at the Royal Academy Schools in 1858. At the end of 1858, he was apprenticed with Josiah Wood Whymper (1813-1903) as well, designing woodblock illustrations. He became a member of the Langham Artists’ Society in 1859 and was linked with The Clique, an artists’ group in St. John’s Wood. From 1860 onwards, he worked as a freelance designer of black and white woodblock illustrations for magazines such as Good Words and illustrated e.g. William Makepeace Thackeray’s (1811-1863) 'The Adventures of Philip' in Cornhill Magazine. He also worked for the Dalziel brothers. Furthermore, Walker painted in oil and watercolour, creating domestic and genre scenes in urban and rural surroundings. He favoured the method of blending pigment with commercially manufactured Chinese white paint. He started exhibiting at the Royal Academy in 1863 and was elected associate member of the Royal Watercolour Society in 1864. Popular paintings include The Bathers (1867) and The Old Gate (1869), which were both exhibited at the Royal Academy. In 1876, the Deschamps Gallery, New Bond Street, London, held a memorial exhibition of Walker’s works.

Objects in the collections associated with this artist/maker

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Brambles PR3109 Prints

Tenants at No.27 PL4614 Prints

A Dreadful Ghost PL4680 Prints1860s

A Noctuary of Terror PL4616 Prints1860s

A Noctuary of Terror PL4617 Prints1860s

A Run for Life PL4652 Prints1860s

After Ten Years PL4706 Prints1860s

An Old Boy's Tale PL4636 Prints1860s

Apres PL4609 Prints1860s

Beauty and the Beast PL4730 Prints1860s

Black Venn PL4618 Prints1860s

Bring Me a Light! PL4637 Prints1860s

Bring Me a Light! PL4638 Prints1860s

Cader Idris PL4654 Prints1860s

Carlino PL4741 Prints1860s

Dangerous PL4639 Prints1860s

Denis Duval PL4718 Prints1860s

Denis Duval PL4719 Prints1860s

Denis Duval PL4720 Prints1860s

Denis Duval PL4721 Prints1860s

First Love PL4619 Prints1860s

From an Island PL4738 Prints1860s

God Help our Men at Sea PL4610 Prints1860s

His Hand Upon the Latch PL4620 Prints1860s

I Do Not Love You PL4735 Prints1860s

Jack the Giant Killer PL4731 Prints1860s

Jack the Giant Killer PL4736 Prints1860s

Jessie Cameron's Bairn PL4655 Prints1860s

Lady Denzel PL4737 Prints1860s

Little Red Riding Hood PL4732 Prints1860s

Love in Death PL4670 Prints1860s

Maladetta PL4704 Prints1860s

Markham's Revenge PL4622 Prints1860s

Mrs. Archie PL4707 Prints1860s

Once Upon a Time PL4623 Prints1860s

Once Upon a Time PL4624 Prints1860s

Oswald Cray PL4711 Prints1860s

Oswald Cray PL4712 Prints1860s

Oswald Cray PL4713 Prints1860s

Oswald Cray PL4714 Prints1860s

Oswald Cray PL4715 Prints1860s

Oswald Cray PL4716 Prints1860s

Oswald Cray PL4717 Prints1860s

Out Among the Wild Flowers PL4671 Prints1860s

Out of the World PL4708 Prints1860s

Out of the World PL4709 Prints1860s

Patty PL4681 Prints1860s

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