William Birnie Rhind ARSA, RSA

Works

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The Marquess of Montrose

Portrait Bust - John Muirhead, Esq., RSW
1892

Statuette of Burns
1892

Collaborated on Recumbent Statue of the Great Marquis, executed in Marble on the Monument in St Giles' Cathedral
1892

The Miser
1893

Portrait Medallion of the Poet William Drummond of Hawthornden
1893 (Circa)

Allegorical Group - Architecture - Designed for the new Fine Art Galleries, Glasgow
1901

Allegorical Group - Sculpture - Designed for the new Fine Art Galleries, Glasgow
1901

Bust, Bronze, The Most Noble the Marquess of Salisbury, K.G.
1901

Bust
1901

The Right Hon. The Marguis of Salisbury, KG
1901

The Great Marquis of Montrose
1908

Locations

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Address 9 Cambridge Street Edinburgh | View on map
1901

Address 18 Pitt Street Edinburgh | View on map
1878 (Circa) - 1882 (Circa)

Address St. Helen's Cambridge Street Edinburgh | View on map
1883 (Circa) - 1910 (Circa)

Address 16 Eyre Terrace Edinburgh | View on map
1911 (Circa) - 1929 (Circa)

Address 7 Eyre Terrace Edinburgh | View on map
1920 (Circa)
p. 860

Studio located in 217 West George Street Glasgow | View on map
1885 - 1887

Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events

Attended The Royal Scottish Academy Life School
1878 - 1882

Exhibited at Royal Hibernian Academy Annual Exhibition, 1901
Multiple works

Exhibited at First Exhibition of the Society of Scottish Artists, 1892
'Portrait Bust - John Muirhead, Esq., RSW'

Exhibited at Aberdeen Artists' Society Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, 1893
'The Miser'

Exhibited at Royal Academy of Art: The Exhibition of Scottish Art, 1939
Multiple works

Exhibited at The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibition, 1826-
1878 - 1943
Exhibited at the annual exhibition 54 times: 1878 (2 works), 1880 (3 works), 1881 (2 works), 1882 (2 works), 1883 (1 work), 1884 (2 works), 1885 (1 work), 1886 (2 works), 1887 (2 works), 1887 (2 works), 1888 (3 works), 1889 (3 works), 1890 (1 work), 1891 (4 works), 1892 (2 works), 1893 (4 works), 1894 (4 works), 1895 (4 works), 1896 (5 works), 1897 (3 works), 1898 (3 works), 1899 (5 works), 1900 (2 works), 1901 (5 works), 1902 (3 works), 1903 (3 works), 1904 (3 works), 1905 (3 works), 1906 (3 works), 1907 (2 works), 1908 (3 works), 1909 (2 works), 1910 (2 works), 1911 (1 work), 1912 (2 works), 1913 (2 works), 1914 (1 work), 1915 (2 works), 1916 (2 works), 1917 (3 works), 1918 (2 works), 1919 (8 works), 1920 (2 works), 1921 (3 works), 1922 (3 works), 1923 (2 works), 1924 (1 work), 1925 (2 works), 1926 (2 works), 1927 (2 works), 1928 (3 works), 1929 (2 works), 1934 (2 works) and 1943 (1 work)

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1898 - 1927
Exhibited 8 times, one work each year, almost exclusively portrait busts or heads.

Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-ninth (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1899
1899
The Most Noble the Marquis of Salisbury, KG (cat. no. 1422, bronze, £63).

Exhibited at International Exhibition, Glasgow, 1901
1901

Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of pictures & sculpture: the thirty-second (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1902
1902
H. E. Moss, Esq., JP (cat. no. 1411, bronze bust, not for sale).

Exhibited at Franco-British Exhibition of Science, Art and Industries (London), 1908
1908

Institutional and Business Connections

Adjudicated on a panel at The Edinburgh College of Art
1910
p. 6 Served on the adjudication committee for the Award of Diplomas (Sculpture Dept)

Committee member of The School of Applied Art (Edinburgh)
1892 - 1903

Elected ARSA The Royal Scottish Academy
1893
p. xxx

Elected RSA The Royal Scottish Academy
1905
p. xxxi

Member of Scottish Society of Art Workers
1898

Member of committee at The Edinburgh College of Art
1907
Elected by The Royal Scottish Academy to serve on the Board of Management.

Received prize from The Royal Scottish Academy
1880
Awarded 1st Sculptor's Prize

Personal and Professional Connections

Apprenticed to (Edgar) Bertram Mackennal
1880 (Circa)

Brother/sibling of John Massey Rhind

Daughter/son/child of John Rhind Snr
Father of

Nominator of Alexander Carrick
1918
For RSA

Nominator of David Alexander Francis
1920
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors

Shared studio with John Rhind Snr
1890 (Circa)
p. 601

Descriptions of Practice

Listed under Sculptors Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1890-1891
p. 601

Listed under Sculptors Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1900-1901
p. 743 Listed under Sculptors

Listed under Sculptors Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1910-1911
p. 743 Listed under Sculptors

Listed under Sculptors Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1920-1921
p. 860

Sources

Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the twenty-ninth, 1899 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1899
pp. 48-52.

Autumn exhibition of pictures & sculpture: the thirty-second, 1902 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1902
pp. 42-47.

Catalogue of the Exhibition of Scottish Art 1939, Royal Academy of Arts, London
1939
pp. 43, xxxix

Catalogue of the Fine Art Section, Franco-British Exhibition, London, 1908
1908

Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1890-1891
1890 (Circa)
p. 601

Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1900-1901
May 1900
p. 743 Listed under Sculptors

Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1910-1911
1910
p. 743 Listed under Sculptors

Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1920-1921
1920
p. 860

International Exhibition Glasgow, 1901, Official Catalogue of the Fine Art Section
1901

Royal Academy Exhibitors 1905-70: A Dictionary of Artists and their Work in the Summer Exhibitions of the Royal Academy of Arts Vol. V LAWR-SHER
1981
p. 379

Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts, Catalogue of the Seventy-Second Annual Exhibition, 1901 RHA Annual Exhibition Catalogues
1901

Scottish Society of Art Workers: Constitution & Rules, Minute book
1898

The Edinburgh College of Art Report by the Board of Management for the session 1909 -1910
1910
p. 6 Served on the adjudication committee for the Award of Diplomas (Sculpture Dept)

The Royal Academy of Arts: a complete dictionary of contributors and their work from its foundation in 1769 to 1904. Vol. 6: Oakes to Rymsdyk
1906
p. 279

The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibitors 1826-1990: A dictionary of artists and their work in the Annual Exhibitions of the Royal Scottish Academy. Volume 4, R-Z
1991
p.43

The Royal Scottish Academy Life School Registers 1853- 1901
p. 23