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John Henry Walker (1831–1899), a pioneer Canadian engraver and illustrator, was from County Antrim 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. 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''. 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. ==Gallery== File:Battle of Fort Frontenac.jpg|The capture of French Fort Frontenac by the British in 1758 File:John Henry Walker06.jpg|Engraving of a bandsaw 1850-185 File:John Henry Walker13a.jpg|Wood engraving of basket phaeton, c1870 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Henry Walker」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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