Henry Beauchamp Walters

Henry Beauchamp Walters (born April 6, 1867 in Oldham , † April 24, 1944 ) was a British classical archaeologist .

Walters attended Eton College and studied at King's College , Cambridge. From 1890 he worked at the antiquities department of the British Museum , which he headed as Keeper of Greek and Roman Antiquities from 1925 until his retirement in 1932. In 1920 he was named Officer of the Order of the British Empire .

Publications (selection)

• Catalog of the Greek and Etruscan vases in the British Museum
  • Volume 1, 2: Cypriote, Italian, and Etruscan pottery , London 1912 (online)
  • Volume 2: Black-figured vases , London 1893 (online)
  • Volume 4: Vases of the latest period , London 1896 (online)
• Catalog of the bronzes, Greek, Roman, and Etruscan in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum , London 1899
• with Alexander S. Murray, Arthur H. Smith, Excavations in Cyprus, bequest of Miss ET Turner to the British Museum , London 1900 (online)
• Catalog of the terracottas in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum , London 1903
• History of ancient pottery 1-2, London 1905
• The art of the Greeks , London 1906
• Catalog of the Roman pottery in the Departments of Antiquities, British Museum , London 1908
• Catalog of the Greek and Roman lamps in the British Museum , London 1914
• Select bronzes, Greek, Roman, and Etruscan, in the Departments of Antiquities [73 plates], London 1915
• Catalog of the silver plate (Greek, Etruscan and Roman) in the British Museum , London 1921
• Catalog of the engraved gems and cameos Greek, Etruscan and Roman in the British Museum , London 1926
• The art of the Romans , 2nd ed., London 1928
• Marbles and bronzes: 52 plates from selected subjects in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities , 3rd ed., London 1928

Web links

• Dictionary of Art Historians