Walker, George

Gender:
Male
Date and place of birth:
Unknown
Date and place of death:
Unknown
Worked:
(fl) early 1840s
Known places of work:
Liverpool
Known techniques:
Cut paper
Known materials:
Paper black and white
Frames:
Unknown
Signature:
Recorded

Introduction:

Details are scarce concerning this silhouettist, who is believed either to have been a native of Liverpool, or at least to have lived there in the early 1840s. His style is typical of cut paper work of the period.

We are left with only one Trade Label for Walker. It is from this that we have details of his address, cited as 48 Lord Street, Liverpool. It is not known whether Walker executed full-length profiles, as his only extant work is of bust length pictures.

His terminations are shown to differ according to gender. For men he signals termination with a narrow and slight convex/concave line. Women's images showed to termination but continued down to the frame. He cut from black paper using Chinese white for shirt details. His embellishments were done with fine gilding.

Additional research about George Walker:

Source: McKechnie (Author of, British Silhouette Artists and their Work 1760-1860)

Walker, George (McKechnie Section 1)