biography of Edward R. (Dr.) SISSON (1828-1919)

Birth place: Westport, MA

Death place: New Bedford, MA

Addresses: Worked in New Bedford, 1846-1919

Profession: Amateur painter

Exhibited: New Bedford Art Club, 1909; Thumb Box Exhib., 1910

Work: Old Dartmouth Hist. Soc.

Comments: Had careers as a sailor and a doctor by age 26. Was a well-known bicyclist and one of the first members of the New Bedford Art Club.

Sources: Blasdale, Artists of New Bedford, 169-70 (w/repro.)