ID: 1431 ~ Source: University of Baltimore, Langsdale Library, Special Collections Department, BLI Collection, Box 3. M - Z ~ Creator: Blakeslee-Lane, Inc. ~ Date: 1958
The Walters Art Museum, so named for William Walters and his son Henry, began as a private art collection. Born in 1819, William was the first of eight children. At age 21 he moved to Baltimore and…