Notes, critical & biographical : collection of W.T. Walters (1895)
Gruelle, Richard B., 1851-1914, Bowles, J. M. (Joseph Moore), 1865-1934, Rogers, Bruce, 1870-1957, Walters, W. T. (William Thompson), 1819-1894, Walters Art Gallery (Baltimore, Md.), Press of Carlon and Hollenbeck · [Indianapolis?] : J.M. Bowles · leaf 128
as won as anartist honor him for his honesty of purpose.The great thought under which he labored wasto paint with that sincerity which was pre-eminent among certain of the old Dutch andFlemish artists, and as one painter can giveforth but one of the many modes of expressionwhich compose what we… … In the early part of his career he was calledby his critics, the painter of toy images. Ashe approached nearer to nature he was styledthe photographer, but despite all obstaclesMeissonier has wielded an influence upon theart of all nations; and while his pictures some-times commanded enormous…
Walters, W. T. (William Thompson), 1819-1894 · Art
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