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Birth
1839 (New Bedford, Massachusetts)
Death
1923 (New Bedford)
Lived/Active
Massachusetts
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sculptor-bust and bas relief
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A resident of New Bedford, Massachusetts from 1870 to 1923, Walton Ricketson was a noted sculptor of portrait busts of prominent people including Louisa Mae Alcott, Henry Thoreau, and Ralph Waldo Emerson.
With Herbert Bryant he was co-founder of the New Bedford Art Club. He exhibited at the National Academy of Design and the Boston Art Club.
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