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| William A. Newell was born in Ireland in 1840. By 1880 Newell had settled in San Francisco. A physician, he sculpted in his leisure. He died there in 1897.
Exhibited: California State Fair, 1887-91.
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Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
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