James Alexander Ewing

Works

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Walter Maclellan
1883

J. J. King, Esq.
1875

The Rev. Dr McCann
1875

'Comin thro the rye'
1879

Bonny Meg
1879

Emile Berger, Esq.
1879

The late James Galbraith, Esq., Sheriff-Substitute of Lanarkshire
1881

A. D. Robertson, Esq., Glasgow
1881

The late Alexander Smollett, Esq., of Bonhill
1882

The late Mrs Forrester, Glasgow
1882

Master S. S. Young
1883

John Henderson, Esq.
1883

The Late Dr A. Paterson
1883

John Duff, Esq.
1884

Mrs Robert Young
1887

W. M. Miller, Esq.
1887

Titania and Bottom
1887

Portrait bust
1887

Anthony, son of A. D. Brogan, Esq.
1888

Mrs Robert Young
1890 (Presumed)

Locations

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Address 13 Broad Street Bradford | View on map
1861 (Circa)

Address 41 Rose Street Glasgow | View on map
1871 (Circa)

Address 32 Gladstone Street St. Georges Road Glasgow | View on map
1875 (Circa) - 1878 (Circa)

Address 3 Eldon Street Glasgow | View on map
1878 (Circa) - 1881 (Circa)

Address 287 Bath Street Glasgow | View on map
1880 - 1881

Address 183 West Campbell Street Glasgow | View on map
1881 - 1887

Address 178 Bath Street Glasgow | View on map
1885 - 1888

Address 130 Main Street Glasgow | View on map
1888 - 1889

Address 180 West Regent Street Glasgow | View on map
1890 - 1893

Address 24 Woodlands Road Glasgow | View on map
1893 - 1897

Address 3 Gibson Place St. Andrews | View on map
1897 - 1902

Address 398 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow | View on map
1900 (Circa)
p. 1260 Listed under Sculptors

Address 11 Murray Park St. Andrews | View on map
1902 - 1904

Address Ballancleroch Campsie Glen | View on map
1904 (Circa)
p. 24

Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events

Exhibited at The Sixty-Fourth Autumn Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists), 1890
'Mrs Robert Young'

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Fifty-Third, 1879
''Comin thro the rye''

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Fifty-Fifth, 1881
Multiple works

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Fifty-Sixth, 1882
'The late Mrs Forrester, Glasgow'

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Fifty-Eighth, 1884
'John Duff Esq.'

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Sixty-First, 1887
'Mrs Robert Young'

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Sixty-Fifth, 1891
Multiple works

Exhibited at Fourteenth Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1875
'The Rev. Dr McCann'

Exhibited at Eighteenth Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1879
'Emile Berger, Esq.'

Exhibited at Twenty-Second Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1883
'The Late Dr A. Paterson'

Exhibited at Twenty-Sixth Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1887
'W. M. Miller, Esq.'

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Sixty-Second, 1888
'Anthony, son of A. D. Brogan, Esq.'

Personal and Professional Connections

Assistant was John Tweed
1888 (Circa)

Brother/sibling of George Edwin Ewing

Brother/sibling of Thomas Ewing

Daughter/son/child of Anne Ewing

Shared studio with George Edwin Ewing
1880 (Circa) - 1893 (Circa)

Shared studio with Donald Campbell Haggart
1900 (Circa)
p. 1260 Listed under Sculptors

Sister/sibling of George Edwin Ewing
James was the younger sibling

Descriptions of Practice

Listed under Sculptors The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1880-1881 Fifty-Third Annual Publication
p. 970

Listed under Sculptors The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1890-1891 Sixty-Third Annual Publication
p. 1151

Listed under Sculptors The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1901-1902 Seventy-Fourth Annual Publication
p. 1260 Listed under Sculptors

Occupation given in 1871 Scotland Census
'Sculptor' his brother Thomas listed as 'Sculptor' at the same address

Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
'Artist in Wax' at same address his mother, Anne Ewing, also 'Artist in Wax'

Sources

1871 Scotland Census
2007
Parish: Glasgow Barony; ED: 33; Page: 23; Line: 10; Roll CSSCT1871_133; Year: 1871.

Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
2005
Ref: Class: RG9; Piece: 3280; Folio: 82; Page: 27; GSU roll: 543107.

Public Sculpture of Glasgow Public Sculpture of Britain Volume Five
2002
p. 482 and multiple references to works

Royal Birmingham Society of Artists. The Sixty-Fourth Autumn Exhibition at the Rooms of the Society, New Street, 1890
1890
p. 63 (887).

The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1880-1881 Fifty-Third Annual Publication
1880
p. 970

The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1890-1891 Sixty-Third Annual Publication
1890
p. 1151

The Glasgow Post-Office Annual Directory for 1901-1902 Seventy-Fourth Annual Publication
1901
p. 1260 Listed under Sculptors

The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1861-1989. Volume 2, E-K. A Dictionary of Exhibitors at the Annual Exhibitions of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1991 The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1861-1989
1991
p. 23

The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibitors 1826-1990: A dictionary of artists and their work in the Annual Exhibitions of the Royal Scottish Academy. Volume 2, E-K
1991
p. 21