http://www.victorianweb.org/art/illustration/walker/bio.html
http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ArtistWorks?cgroupid=999999961&artistid=575&page=1
[Philip in Church]
c. 1862
Gouache on paper
support: 457 x 368 mm
In 1861 Thackeray began illustrating his serial story, The Adventures of Philip 1861-2 for the popular journal The Cornhill Magazine. However after producing four full-page drawings he decided to give up the task to Walker.
This is a watercolour version of Walker’s preliminary drawing for the illustration to the left. The image is reversed in the printmaking process. It was common for artists to produce watercolour or oil versions of their more successful illustrations, and the modern life subject matter of this work ensured its popularity.
2 comments:
I like this watercolor version very much...Its interesting artists did versions of their illustrations in such way.
Thank you
He wasa most interesting artist and still not known very well. The accounts of him make him very likeable, the sort to have at a good dinnerparty (if you play that game).
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