Artist

Alexander, William Walker

Title

Thames Traffic

Technique

etching

Date

1913

Dimensions

22.8cm height x 30cm width

Type

print

Accession Number

1986.20

Owner

City of Burnaby

Collection

Permanent Collection

BAG purchase

Born in Toronto, Ontario, in 1869, William Walker Alexander was an illustrator and printmaker. After an apprenticeship in his elder brother's engraving studio, he studied in the atelier of George A. Reid and went on to attend the Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia under Thomas Eakins. He later became a founding member of the Art Student's League of Toronto, an organization of artists driven by the need for an alternative to the more rigid and formal professional associations and academies. Alexander was known for his skills as an etcher and bookplate maker.