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The Resource William and Henry Walters : the reticent collectors, William R. Johnston

William and Henry Walters : the reticent collectors, William R. Johnston

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Summary
  • "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, Sevres porcelains, Islamic metalwork, and Chinese ceramics. Surprisingly, the story of how William Walters and his son Henry created one of the finest privately assembled museums in the United States has not been told."--Jacket
  • "With this new book, William Johnston, the Walters's curator of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century art, restores William and Henry Walters to their rightful place among America's great art collectors. Drawing upon the knowledge of the early museum staff and gathering valuable information from the few other available sources, Johnston has painstakingly recreated the life and world of the Walterses."--Jacket
  • "Their personal collection differs from those of other, more familiar collectors, such as J.P. Morgan and Henry Clay Frick, in that Henry Walters intended from the very first that the collection form a museum to serve the public. When the museum first opened its doors in 1934, Johnston relates, many visitors were surprised by the collection's size and by its comprehensive representation of the history of art from the third millennium B.C. to the early twentieth century."--Jacket
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xvi, 309 p.
Contents
  • The Early Years, 1819-1861
  • The Years Abroad, 1861-1865
  • The Postwar Recovery, 1866-1884
  • The Years of Fruition, 1884-1894
  • The Son Succeeds His Father, 1894-1909
  • The Walters Gallery, 1909-1919
  • The Final Years, 1919-1931
Isbn
9780801860409
Instance
Label
William and Henry Walters : the reticent collectors
Title
William and Henry Walters
Title remainder
the reticent collectors
Statement of responsibility
William R. Johnston
Creator
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • "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, Sevres porcelains, Islamic metalwork, and Chinese ceramics. Surprisingly, the story of how William Walters and his son Henry created one of the finest privately assembled museums in the United States has not been told."--Jacket
  • "With this new book, William Johnston, the Walters's curator of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century art, restores William and Henry Walters to their rightful place among America's great art collectors. Drawing upon the knowledge of the early museum staff and gathering valuable information from the few other available sources, Johnston has painstakingly recreated the life and world of the Walterses."--Jacket
  • "Their personal collection differs from those of other, more familiar collectors, such as J.P. Morgan and Henry Clay Frick, in that Henry Walters intended from the very first that the collection form a museum to serve the public. When the museum first opened its doors in 1934, Johnston relates, many visitors were surprised by the collection's size and by its comprehensive representation of the history of art from the third millennium B.C. to the early twentieth century."--Jacket
Biography type
collective biography
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Johnston, William R
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
index present
LC call number
N5220.W43
LC item number
J65 1999
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
Walters Art Gallery (Baltimore, Md.)
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Walters, W. T.
  • Walters, Henry
  • Walters, Henry
  • Walters, William
  • Walters, W. T.
  • Walters, Henry
  • Walters, Henry
  • Walters, William Thompson
  • Walters, Henry
  • Walters, Henry (Kunstsammler)
  • Walters Art Museum
  • Baltimore (Md.)
  • Art
  • Art
  • Art
  • Art
  • Kunstverzamelaars
  • Walters Art Gallery
  • Art
  • Baltimore (Md.)
  • Baltimore (Md.)
Label
William and Henry Walters : the reticent collectors, William R. Johnston
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-295) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • The Early Years, 1819-1861
  • The Years Abroad, 1861-1865
  • The Postwar Recovery, 1866-1884
  • The Years of Fruition, 1884-1894
  • The Son Succeeds His Father, 1894-1909
  • The Walters Gallery, 1909-1919
  • The Final Years, 1919-1931
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xvi, 309 p.
Isbn
9780801860409
Isbn Type
(alk. paper)
Lccn
99010315
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
ill. (some col.)
System control number
  • (OCoLC)40631646
  • (OCoLC)ocm40631646
Label
William and Henry Walters : the reticent collectors, William R. Johnston
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-295) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • The Early Years, 1819-1861
  • The Years Abroad, 1861-1865
  • The Postwar Recovery, 1866-1884
  • The Years of Fruition, 1884-1894
  • The Son Succeeds His Father, 1894-1909
  • The Walters Gallery, 1909-1919
  • The Final Years, 1919-1931
Dimensions
24 cm.
Extent
xvi, 309 p.
Isbn
9780801860409
Isbn Type
(alk. paper)
Lccn
99010315
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
ill. (some col.)
System control number
  • (OCoLC)40631646
  • (OCoLC)ocm40631646

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