Walker, Emery, 1851-1933
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Name (Latin)
Walker, Emery, 1851-1933
Other forms of name
Walker, Emery, Sir, 1851-1933
Date of birth
1851-04-02
Date of death
1933-07-22
Field of activity
Engraving
Photoengraving
Printing
Occupation
Engravers
Printers
Typographers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
See Also From tracing corporate name
Emery Walker Limited
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Sources of Information
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (WWW), July 30, 2015:under Walker, Sir Emery, 1851-1933 (process engraver and typographer; born at 10 Pickering Terrace, Paddington, Middlesex [London] on 2 April 1851; in 1886, in partnership with Walter Boutall, founded the firm of "process and general engravers, draughtsmen, map-constructors, and photographers of works of art" known first as Walker and Boutall, later as Walker and Cockerell, and finally as Emery Walker, Ltd.; in 1888, with William Morris, Walter Crane and others, founded the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society; in 1891, with Morris, established the Kelmscott Press; he "declined to be a partner in this costly enterprise ... Nevertheless, he was all the while a virtual partner, and no important step was taken without his advice and approval"; in 1900, in partnership with T.J. Cobden-Sanderson, he founded the Doves Press; partnership severed in 1909; died at his home, 7 Hammersmith Terrace [London], on 22 July 1933) under Cockerell, Sir Sydney Carlyle, 1867-1962 (went into partnership with Emery Walker, with whom he worked in Walker's process engraving business, 1900-1904)
- LC in OCLC, 6-8-93(hdg.: Walker, Emery, Sir, 1851-1933)
- Blake, W. Illustrations to the Divine comedy of Dante, 1922:t.p. verso (Emery Walker Limited) Introd. (reproduced in collotype by Mr. Emery Walker)