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Surname	Walters	Alternative Surname
First Name	Richard	Initial of Surname	W
Year of Birth/Baptism		Flourished	1691-1701
Year of Death
Biographical Details	A London sculptor, Walters is known chiefly as a carver of chimneypieces, including 121 at Kensington Palace, supplied with his partners, Thomas Hill and John Thompson. Together they received £2,321 for various works at that palace. In 1700 the executors of Thomas, Lord Crewe made Walters a payment of £179 for Crewe’s monument (1). Lord notes that such a large sum suggests a considerable reputation for such items and that he should therefore be viewed as a major monumental sculptor. The Crewe monument has been variously misattributed to Joseph Catterns and Edward Stanton. Literary References: Wren Soc VII, 177; Gunnis 1968, 412; Lord 1986, 100