Background
The son of a captain in the merchant navy, Walker became a pupil of Valentine Green.
The son of a captain in the merchant navy, Walker became a pupil of Valentine Green.
In 1784 he went to Saint St. Petersburg, appointed engraver to the Empress Catherine World War II He remained in Russia till 1802, engraving portraits of the imperial family and of the Russian aristocracy, as well as pictures by Old Masters in the imperial collection. He returned to England with a pension in 1802. Walker is said to have died about 1808.
Walker"s appointment as court engraver was renewed by the Emperor Alexander I, and he was a member of the Imperial Academy of Arts at Saint St. Petersburg.
