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Thomas Gould

Thomas Ridgeway Gould (1818 - 1881) was active/lived in Massachusetts / Italy.  Thomas Gould is known for Sculptor-portrait bust.

Thomas Ridgeway Gould began in the dry goods business in Boston, Massachusetts and prospered until the Civil War. By 1851 he began sculpting and modelling, and received a little instruction from Seth Cheney. His business eventually failed and he became a successful professional sculptor.

Gould modeled portrait busts for a living, including a bust of Ralph Waldo Emerson. He also modeled a head of Satan based on a Roman imperial bust, Goulds was originally created in plaster in 1864 and turned into marble in 1878, now in the Boston Athenaeum.

In 1868 he went to Italy and opened a studio in Florence, where he spent the rest of his life, except for brief visits to the United States in 1878 and 1881.

Source:
Baigell, "Dictionary of American Art"
Groce & Wallace, "The New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America"

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