9780801860409 - William and Henry Walters, the Reticent Collectors by Johnston (35 results)

Condition: Good. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: SOME ] [ Edition: reprint ] Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press Pub Date: 10/25/1999 Binding: Hardcover Pages: 344 reprint edition.

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Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Edition: reprint ] Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press Pub Date: 10/25/1999 Binding: Hardcover Pages: 344 reprint edition.

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Condition: Good. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Edition: reprint ] Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press Pub Date: 10/25/1999 Binding: Hardcover Pages: 344 reprint edition.

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Condition: Good. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Edition: reprint ] Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press Pub Date: 10/25/1999 Binding: Hardcover Pages: 344 reprint edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by John Hopkins, 1999. Octavo. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. Cloth, xvi, 309 pages, illustrations (some colour); 24 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Top right corners lightly bumped. Fine DJ. Another copy available. *** "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. 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. Though Henry Walters moved easily in Baltimore and New York social circles, Johnston explains, he kept much to himself and generally purchased art away from the public's eye. Despite the Walterses' reticence, they had a significant influence on the development of American tastes and museums -- William in his role as the first chairman of the Committee on Works of Art for the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C., and Henry as the second vice-president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. 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. Richly illustrated with black-and-white photographs and sixteen pages of full color, this book will fascinate anyone interested in Baltimore history, the history of museums and art collecting in America, and the art and culture of nineteenth-century America. / William R. Johnston is associate director and curator of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century art at the Walters Art Gallery." - Publisher. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. Cloth, xvi, 309 pages, illustrations (some colour); 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. *** "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, S?vres 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. 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. Though Henry Walters moved easily in Baltimore and New York social circles, Johnston explains, he kept much to himself and generally purchased art away from the public's eye. Despite the Walterses' reticence, they had a significant influence on the development of American tastes and museums -- William in his role as the first chairman of the Committee on Works of Art for the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C., and Henry as the second vice-president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. 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. Richly illustrated with black-and-white photographs and sixteen pages of full color, this book will fascinate anyone interested in Baltimore history, the history of museums and art collecting in America, and the art and culture of nineteenth-century America. / William R. Johnston is associate director and curator of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century art at the Walters Art Gallery." - Publisher. Size: 8vo. Collectible.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Printing. Illustrated with color and black-and-white photographs. The dust jacket is protected by a Brodart mylar cover and is not clipped. Not an ex-library copy. No remainder marks. No names or marks in the text. Most books shipped within 24 hours. All books mailed with Delivery Confirmation. All books mailed in heavy cardboard boxes. Fine condition in fine dust jacket. Selling Used and Rare books on line since April 1998 and from our bookstore in the heart of the Bluegrass since 1984. ; Color and black-and-white illustrations; 8vo.; 309 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Signed. Signed by the author. Hardcover. Very minimal wear to dusk jacket. No cover wear. Clean unmarked text. Tight binding.

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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Second Printing. (xvi) 310 pages, color plates, b/w illustrations in text, notes index, 8vo, black cloth. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Story of the creation of one of the finest private art museums in America.

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Hardcover. SIGNED. Back cloth gilt spine lettering, purple dj with color illustration; [xvi] 309 pp., illus. (some col.), bib. notes, index. Biography of prominent 19th/20th century Baltimore art collectors. From the dust jacket: "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, Sèvres porcelains, Islamic metalwork, and Chinese ceramics. VG/VG, Signed copy with inscription.

Condition: Wie neu. Illustrated. 309 S. Alle Bücher & Medienartikel von Book Broker sind stets in gutem & sehr gutem gebrauchsfähigen Zustand. Die Ausgabe des gelieferten Exemplars kann um bis zu 10 Jahre vom angegebenen Veröffentlichungsjahr abweichen und es kann sich um eine abweichende Auflage handeln. Unser Produktfoto entspricht dem hier angebotenen Artikel, dieser weist folgende Merkmale auf: Helle/saubere Seiten in fester Bindung. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 748 Gebundene Ausgabe, Maße: 15.56 cm x 2.54 cm x 23.5 cm.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. A quite lovely first printing of the first edition with no discernable blemishes housed in a like dust-jacket; William and Henry Walters are two brothers who are not very forthcoming when it comes to their art collection. The brothers are very selective when it comes to what they buy and they often refuse to sell art they don't own. The Walters brothers are known for their eclectic art collection that features works by famous artists such as Vincent van Gogh, Claude Monet, and Jackson Pollock.; 8vo; 309 pages.

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st edition, 1st issue. 309pp. A near mint copy with a fine colour illus. d.j. 19 colour plates, 66 text illus. figures. Post civil war society and the collector and collectors that were active.

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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. In the mid-19th century, Baltimore businessman William Thompson Walters began to patronize the artists of Maryland. The museum that bears his name, Baltimore's Walters Art Gallery, now excels in diverse fields including Egyptian bronzes, Byzantine silver, illuminated manuscripts, gothic carved ivories, early Renaissance paintings and Chinese ceramics. With this volume, William Johnston, the Walters' curator of 18th- and 19th-century art, seeks to restore William and Henry Walters to their place among America's great art collectors. Drawing upon the knowledge of the early museum staff and gathering information from the few other available sources, Johnston recreates the life and world of the Walters. Though Henry Walters moved easily in Baltimore and New York social circles, Jhnston explains, he kept much to himself and generally purchased art away from the public eye. Despite his reticence, they had a significant influence on the development of American tastes and museums - William in his role as the first chairman of the Committee on Works of Art for the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, DC, and Henry as the second vice-president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.Their collection was different from those of other more familiar collectors in that Henry Walters intended from the very first that the collection would form a museum to serve the public. Richly illustrated with black-and-white photographs and sixteen pages of full color, this book will fascinate anyone interested in Baltimore history, the history of museums and art collecting in America, and the art and culture of nineteenth-century America. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!