Not only were Wm. T. Walters and his son Henry, unique in collecting the art of their own "Gilded Age", but the also acquired works across many key artistic periods. This new title presents the highlights of this amazing collection that includes paintings by Ingres and Delacroix, landscapes by painters associated with the Barbizon school and the 'transportation' series of water watercolors that Wm. Walters bought from Honore' Daumier in 1864.

It is the field of academic art which dominated French art during the Second Empire (1852-70) that the Walters excel.