A boy with his pet goat. Oil on wood panel, signed at the lower center edge, the panel measuring 13-7/8" x 10", framed in a newer custom finished 3" wide coved frame with a beaded lip in gold metal leaf with the back glazed dark brown over a red base.
Henry Walton was a lithographer and painter. Born in England in 1820. Walton immigrated to Ithaca, NY in 1836 and worked for the lithography firm of Stone & Clark. Joining the Gold Rush to California in 1849, he was a resident of San Francisco until his death in 1873. His work includes minatures, landscapes, and portraits. In: Society of Calif. Pioneers (Grass Valley, 1857). G&W; AAW; Antiques Sept. 1962, Antiques Mar. 1970. askart.com
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