Admiral Sir Baldwin Wake Walker. Coloured lithograph by J. Nash, 1843, after D. Wilkie, 1840.
- Wilkie, David, Sir, 1785-1841.
- Date:
- 1843
- Reference:
- 730131i
- Pictures
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Description
Sir Baldwin Wake Walker (1802-1876), 1st baronet. "With Admiralty permission he ... accepted a command in the Turkish navy, in which he was known at first as Walker Bey, and afterwards as Yavir Pasha. ... With the Crimean War, Walker became the main naval adviser to the first lord, and on occasions the only one. His advice was important in prompting the expedition to Sevastopol." (Oxford dictionary of national biography)
Publication/Creation
1843
Physical description
1 print : lithograph with tint plate, with watercolour ; sheet 41 x 30.3 cm
Lettering
Admiral Walker. David Wilkie ft Constantinople Novr. 27th 1840
References note
Travel in aquatint and lithography 1770-1860 from the library of J.R. Abbey, San Francisco 1991, vol. 2, no. 379, no. 5
Reference
Wellcome Collection 730131i
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