David McGill
Born 1864 (Circa)
Died 1947
Active: 1899 - 1924
Country of birth and death: Great Britain
Sculptor, medallist, artist
Born in Maybole, Ayreshire.
Works
Dates are usually the year a work was exhibited so may differ from date of production.
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Her late Majesty Queen Victoria
Figure in Eastern Arch: 'Renunciation'
Designed Design for the Common Seal of the Royal Society of British Sculptors
Bust of Carlyle
1901
The Bather
1901
Frame of medals
1901
Hero and Leander
1901
The Victor
1901
Locations
Address 1 Scarsdale Villas Kensington London W | View on map
1903 - 1918
His previous recorded addresses were - 15 Cadogan Street, London (1889- 1897), followed by studios in Bloomfield Place and Camden Street, other addresses include Kilmarnock (Scotland) and Dorset (1897-1903).
Studio located at 7 Camden Studios Camden Street London NW | View on map
1898 (Circa) - 1901 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Second Exhibition of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (London), 1899
Multiple works
Exhibited at Fifth Exhibition of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (London), 1905
Multiple works
Exhibited at Seventh Exhibition of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (London), 1907
'Geoff'
Exhibited at Exhibition of Fair Women (International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, London), 1909
Multiple works
Exhibited at Eighth Exhibition of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (London), 1908
'The Temple'
Exhibited at Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society: Eleventh Exhibition, 1916
'Figure in Eastern Arch: 'Renunciation''
Exhibited at The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers Exhibition (Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery), 1905
'Anna'
Exhibited at Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, Sixteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1898
'Frederick Shelley, Esq.'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1889 - 1924
Exhibited 26 times, typically showing between 1 and 3 works each year (primarily portrait busts and ideal subjects).
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-second (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1892
1892
Hero and Leander (cat. no. 1369, bronze, not for sale).
Exhibited at The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Annual Exhibition, 1861-1951
1893 - 1927
Exhibited 6 times (an average of 2 works per show)
Exhibited at International Exhibition, Glasgow, 1901
1901
Participant in Prize for Distinguished Service to Sculpture (Royal Society of British Sculptors), 1923-1949
1923
Designed the reverse of the Gold Medal awarded for the competition. McGill was elected an Honorary Member of the Society 'as a mark of appreciation of his generosity in designing the reverse of the Gold Medal quite free of cost to the society' (see 'Annual Report, 1923', 1924, p. 8).
Institutional and Business Connections
Donor to Royal Society of British Sculptors
5 February 1906
Presented design for the Society's Common Seal [5 February 1906, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, Vol.I].
Honorary member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1923 - 1947
Died in 1947.
Member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1904 - 1914
Member of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers
1907 - 1910
Associate member.
Studied at Royal Academy Schools
Forrer notes that McGill trained at South Kensington and the Royal Academy Schools. He adds that he 'obtained the travelling studenship at the Royal Academy for sculpture'. See Forrer, vol. 8, (1930), pp. 1-2.
Unsuccessful in ballot for election to Royal Academy of Arts
Personal and Professional Connections
May be connected to D. McGill
Very possibly the same person, not yet merged because of uncertainty about "Daniel" McGill
May be connected to Daniel McGill
Duplicate address and works of the same title suggest these are the same person.
Nominated by Thomas Brock
19 November 1907
For RA.
Nominated by (Edward) Alfred Briscoe Drury
19 November 1907
For RA.
Nominated by George James Frampton
19 November 1907
For RA.
Nominated by Frederick William Pomeroy
19 November 1907
For RA.
Nominator of Mervyn Lawrence
15 January 1906
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors.
Nominator of Thomas Mewburn Crook
11 March 1907
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors.
Nominator of Frederick Richard Thomas
June 1909 - June
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors [7 June 1909, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, no.I]
Seconder of Alexander Fisher
5 November 1906
For membership of Royal Society of British Sculptors.
Descriptions of Practice
Listed as medallist Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, Coin, Gem, and Seal-Engravers, Mint Masters, &c., Ancient and Modern with References to their Works, B.C. 500 - A.D. 1900, Volume III, 1907 Biographical Dictionary of Medallists
Listed as contemporary sculptor and medallist living in London. Member of the Society of Medallists and exhibited at their exhibitions. Produced portrait medallions (no dates are given). See Forrer, vol. 3, (1907), p. 522.
Listed in Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, Coin, Gem, and Seal-Engravers, Mint Masters, &c., Ancient and Modern with References to their Works, B.C. 500 - A.D. 1900, Volume VIII, 1930 Biographical Dictionary of Medallists
Forrer lists a number of medals that the artist exhibited at the New York International Medallic Exhibition in March 1910. See vol. 8, (1930), pp. 1-2.
Listed under Sculptors Post Office London Directory, 1900 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1900
p.2371
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Artist'
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Sculptor, artist'
Sources
Arts and Crafts Society: Catalogue of the Eleventh Exhibition.
1916
p.241, p.244, p.267.
Catalogue of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters & Gravers' Exhibition, Corporation of Manchester Art Gallery, 1905
1905
Cat. No. 341, pp. 48, 58
Catalogue of the Sixteenth Autumn Exhibition, 1898
1898
Cat. No. 235, pp. 27, 33
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2001
RG13 147 127 20 159
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2009
RG14PN136 RG78PN4 RD2 SD1 ED49 SN37
International Exhibition Glasgow, 1901,
Official Catalogue of the Fine Art Section
1901
List of Members: Royal Society of British Sculptors
2008
MAC/1904-47/7.
Post Office London Directory, 1900 Post Office/Kelly London Directories
1900
p.2371
Royal Academy of Arts Nominations for Associateship, 1906-1927
1927
p.6.
Royal Society of British Sculptors. Minutes of Council Meetings No. 1, 1905-1913
19 May 1913
15 January 1906; 5 November 1906; 11 March 1907; 7 June 1909; 18 November 1912.
Citing this record
'David McGill', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib2_1203106793, accessed 23 Mar 2023]
