William and Henry Walters, the Reticent Collectors
Hardcover
1999 · Baltimore and London
by Johnston, William R.
Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press in association with the Walters Art Gallery, 1999. SIGNED. Hardcover. VG/VG, Signed copy with inscription. Back cloth gilt spine lettering, purple dj with color illustration; [xvi] 309 pp., illus. (some col.), bib. notes, index. Biography of prominent 19th/20th century Baltimore art collectors. From the dust jacket: "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 Renaissance paintings, Sèvres porcelains, Islamic metalwork, and Chinese ceramics. (Inventory #: 128065)