William and Henry Walters: The Reticent Collectors

by William R. Johnston and Walters Art Gallery Staff

Book Overview

The story of the father and son who created the extraordinary collection that became Baltimore's Walters Art Gallery.

In the mid-nineteenth century, Baltimore businessman William Thompson Walters began to patronize the artists of Maryland. Today, the museum that bears his name--Baltimore's Walters Art Gallery--excels in fields as diverse as Egyptian bronzes, Byzantine silver, illuminated manuscripts, medieval carved ivories, early...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801860407
• ISBN13: 9780801860409
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher