Question

What did Henry Walter's collection communicate about his aesthetic preferences?

Answer 1

B.) Walters enjoyed international art. 

In 1897 his purchase of a 15th-century Koran, originally thought to be Persian, but now regarded as Indian, may have initiated the manuscript collection.
Walters continued to augment his holdings, buying both in New York and abroad. He collected Egyptian, ancient Near Eastern, and Islamic art, as well as a number of key classical and western medieval objects.