Catalogue of W. T. Walters' Picture Galleries

Collection — Box: Multi 06

Identifier: MS-0142

Scope and Contents Note

This collection contains a printed “Catalogue of W. T. Walters' Picture Galleries” listing the paintings, watercolors, and statuary owned by William Thompson Walters. Many of the pieces listed can be found on the Walters’ online collection.

Dates

Creation: circa 1890

Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to Washington College. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Archives and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Washington College as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Organizational History

Walters Art Museum was established in 1934 when Henry Walters (1848-1931) bequeathed the collection of art amassed by him and his father, William T. Walters (1819-1894), to the City of Baltimore. Originally called the Walters Art Gallery, it is housed in two buildings in Baltimore’s Mount Vernon neighborhood. In the late 1800s William T. would occasionally open his collection to the public, his son continued making their collection available to the public. The collection contains 19th-Century paintings to works form the Middle East and African. It also has an extensive collection of medieval manuscripts. The museum is free to the public.