John Henry Walker

John Henry Walker

John Henry Walker (1831-1899), a pioneer Canadian engraver and illustrator, was from Antrim County in Northern Ireland and as a young boy emigrated in 1842 to Canada with his family, settling in Toronto. In 1845 he was apprenticed for three years to the engraver Cyrus A. Swett, where he was trained in copper and wood engraving.

Walker provided the engravings for catalogues, government reports, advertisements and magazines such as "The Canadian Illustrated News", "L'Opinion Publique" and "Le Monde Illustré", and produced the front-cover illustration for his launching of "Punch in Canada" in 1849. [ [http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/scripts/explore.php?Lang=1&tableid=1&tablename=artist&elementid=00268__true McCord Museum] ] The magazine was styled on the English "Punch" and failed when published by Walker as a weekly. His other short-lived humorous periodicals were "The Jester", "Grinchuckle" and "Diogenes". [ [http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/scripts/explore.php?Lang=1&tableid=11&tablename=theme&elementid=79__true&contentlong Cartoons (1850-1900) | Thematic Tours | Musée McCord Museum ] ] He is regarded as a pioneer of political cartooning in Canada and dominated engraving in Montreal from 1845 into the 1890s. His legacy of illustrations provides a rich insight into life in Victorian Canada.

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* [http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/search/artist/00268 McCord Museum gallery of Walker's engravings]


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