A monograph of the British marine annelids 1922 Plate CXIV

Ada Hill Walker (1879-10 November 1955) was a British

scientific illustrator Technical illustration is illustration meant to visually communicate information of a technical nature. Technical illustrations can be components of technical drawings or diagrams. Technical illustrations in general aim "to generate expressive im ...

, artist and flower painter based in

St Andrews St Andrews (; ; , pronounced ʰʲɪʎˈrˠiː.ɪɲ is a town on the east coast of Fife in Scotland, southeast of Dundee and northeast of Edinburgh. St Andrews had a recorded population of 16,800 , making it Fife's fourth-largest settleme ...

in Scotland who provided illustrations for the scientific publications of

William M'Intosh William Carmichael M'Intosh LLD (also spelt McIntosh; 10 October 1838, St Andrews – 1 April 1931, St Andrews) was a Scottish physician and marine zoologist. He served as president of the Ray Society, as vice-president of the Royal Societ ...

(1838-1931). She often signed her work as A.H.W., A.H. Walker and Ada H. Walker.

Early life and education

Ada Hill Walker was born in 1879, the daughter of Jessie (née Hill) and James Walker. Her older brother was the architect William Hill Walker (1875-c.1955). Walker trained at Glasgow School of Art, but returned to work in her home town after graduating.

Career

Walker became an art teacher in

. She co-authored ''A System of Brush Drawing and Design for Public Elementary Schools'' with R. Smeaton Douglas. The book on brush-drawing was published in 1902 and Walker provided 15 illustrative plates. Walker's preferred media was watercolours, but she worked with other materials as well. The areas in and around St Andrews were her main source of inspiration. Walker provided the illustrations for A Monograph of the British Marine Annelids by

. In the 1930s she was commissioned to paint murals in the New Picture House in her native St Andrews. Ada Hill Walker lived in

in Scotland all her life and died there in 1955.

Collections

* The New Picture House Cinema in St Andrews houses a selection of murals by Walker commissioned for the space in the 1930s. * St Andrews Heritage Museum and Garden. * University of St Andrews.

Gallery

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References

External links

Artwork by Ada Hill Walker on Art UK
{{DEFAULTSORT:Walker, Ada Hill 1879 births 1955 deaths People from St Andrews English flower artists English scientific illustrators 20th-century British illustrators Scottish women illustrators 20th-century Scottish women painters