Walter Hamilton

Walter Hamilton was a British writer active in the late 19th century. Records of his books show a wide range of interests, from The Poets Laureate of England and The Aesthetic Movement in England to studies of bookplates and a memoir of the artist George Cruikshank.

His later work connects him closely with the world of collectors. Title pages for French Book-plates and Dated Book-plates describe him as chairman of the Ex-Libris Society and vice-president of the Société Française des Collectionneurs d'Ex-Libris, suggesting that he was not only an author but also an engaged figure in the growing culture of art and book collecting.

Today, he is remembered mainly through these richly varied Victorian nonfiction works, which mix literary gossip, art history, and the pleasures of the printed book.