Walters Art Museum 600 North Charles Street On front facade Baltimore Maryland 21201
Date:
Original 1867. Commissioned May 1907
Notes:
Ross, Marvin Chauncey, and Anna Wells Rutledge, "A Catalogue of the Work of William Henry Rinehart, Maryland Sculptor, 1825-1874," Baltimore: Trustees of the Peabody Institute and the Walters Art Gallery, 1948, pg. 67.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland, Baltimore survey, 1992.
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Summary:
A bust of William Thompson Walters is installed in an elaborate, circular niche on the facade of the gallery. The bust depicts Walters with a moustache.
