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Art collector backed Confederate cause

A founder of the Baltimore art collection that bears his name campaigned for the Confederate cause along with his son, a revelation that comes from a museum whose spokesman says itâs trying to show its role in inequality over the years. The disclosures come as institutions such as the Johns Hopkins University and art museums in the U.S. and Europe are exploring and sharing shameful parts of their pasts, The Baltimore Sun reported. During their lives and after, William Thompson Walters and his son, Henry, were praised as visionary philanthropists who developed and bequeathed the world-class art collection thatâs among the cityâs crown jewels. But research conducted by the Walters Art Museum made public Monday revealed William and Henry Walters pushed the Confederate cause in every way possible.

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Founder of Baltimore art collection backed Confederate cause

BALTIMORE A founder of the Baltimore art collection that bears his name campaigned for the Confederate cause along with his son, a revelation that comes from a museum whose spokesman says it’s trying to show its role in inequality over the years. The disclosures come as institutions such as the Johns Hopkins University and […]

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For the First Time, the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore Is Publicly Acknowledging Its Founders Support for the Confederacy

For the First Time, the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore Is Publicly Acknowledging Its Founders’ Support for the Confederacy The patriarch of the Walters family was involved in the first deadly clash of the Civil War (on the wrong side). Portrait of William T. Walters by Léon Bonnat. Baltimore’s Walters Art Museum has for the first time published information on its website about the controversial father and son who founded the museum. As noted in history books but never previously studied or put forth by the museum, both William Thompson Walters (1819‒1894) and his son Henry Walters (1848‒1931) were avid supporters of the Confederacy. William was involved in the first fatal clash in the Civil War and supported a secessionist party; Henry commissioned two monuments to Confederate figures that were only recently removed from the public eye.

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Founder of Baltimore art collection backed Confederate cause

Founder of Baltimore art collection backed Confederate cause
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Founder of Baltimore art collection backed Confederate cause

Founder of Baltimore art collection backed Confederate cause
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