William Thompson Walters
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William Thompson Walters was an American businessman and art collector, whose collection formed the basis of the Walters Art Museum.
Walters in 1883 by French artist Léon Bonnat
Ellen Harper Walters (George Augustus Baker, circa 1859)
Gravestone detail
Bust by Rinehart of Walters' wife Ellen (Harper) Walters
Walters Art Museum
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The Walters Art Museum is a public art museum located in the Mount Vernon neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. Founded and opened in 1934, it holds collections from the mid-19th century that were amas
William Thompson Walters
…William Thompson Walters (May 23, 1820 – November 22, 1894) was an American businessman and art collector, whose collection formed the basis of the Walters Art Museum. Walters was born on the Juniata River in Liverpool, Pennsylvania, on May 23, 1820. He was the son of the Scotch-Irish banker Henry Walters…
Museum entrance, North Charles Street, Baltimore
Phoenician metal bowls
Sumerian male worshiper, c. 2300 BC
Padiiset's Statue, illustrates Canaan - Ancient Egypt trade, c. 1700 B.C. (inscription c. 900 B.C.)