Henry Walters, American art collector and philanthropist (died 1931)

Henry Walters

American art collector (1848-1931)

Henry Walters was noted as an art collector and philanthropist, a founder of the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore, Maryland, which he donated to the city in his 1931 will for the benefit of the public. From the late 19th century, Walters lived most of the time in New York City,…