Henry Walton (English painter)

This article is about the English painter. For the American painter and lithographer (1804–1865), see Henry Walton (American painter). For other uses, see Henry Walton.

Henry Walton
Born	Henry Walton 1746 Dickleburgh, Norfolk county, England, United Kingdom
Died	1813 London, England, United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Known for	Painting

Henry Walton (1746–1813) was an English painter and art dealer.

Life

Lady Grant, Wife of Sir James Grant by Henry Walton, Yale Center for British Art, 1775

Little is known of Walton's early life. In 1770, he began studying art at the St. Martin's Lane Academy, in London.

Edward Gibbon, 1776 by Henry Walton

Walton primarily worked as a portraitist, painting in oil and producing miniatures. Later he painted some genre works. Records show he later worked as a picture dealer and adviser to some major private collectors.

External links

• A Girl Buying a Ballad exhibited 1778 from Tate Collection
• 27 artworks by or after Henry Walton at the Art UK site
• Rendell, Mike (17 May 2013). "An artist I had never heard of: Henry Walton,1746 – 1813".