John Hutchison ARSA, RSA
Born 1832 (Circa)
Died 23 May 1910
Active: 1856 - 1910
Country of birth and death: Scotland
Sculptor
Born Edinburgh. Apprenticed as estate wood-carver at Hospitalfield, Arbroath (where there are extensive archival records). Attended modelling classes at the Trustees Academy, Edinburgh. Trained in Rome at the end of the 1850s. His funerary works include a recumbent memorial to 'Mrs (?) Farington at St James, Leyland which Pevsner describes as 'uncommonly tender and not gushing'.
This record includes information submitted by M.B. Watney.
Works
Dates are usually the year a work was exhibited so may differ from date of production.
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Portrait medallion
1856
Melinda
1857
Bust of a gentleman
1858
Bust of J. B. Macdonald, Esq.
1859
Harald Hardrada, the Norse sea-king...
1859
Robert Scott Lauder, Esq., RSA
1860
Dr Farquharson
1860
John Philip, Esq., RA, HRSA
1860
The late Sir George Harvey, PRSA, 1860
1860
A Roman matron
1861
Laurence Macdonald, Esq., HRSA, Sculptor, Rome
1861
A Roman girl
1861
Robert Scott Lauder, Esq., RSA
1862
Don Quixote
1862
Mrs Learmonth
1863
Fanny, daughter of Thomas Faed, Esq., ARA, HRSA
1864
Bonnye Kilmeny
1864
Angelino, a shepherd
1865
Mrs Richardson
1866
A Roman dancing girl
1866
Adam Black, Esq.
1866
James Ballantine, part of the Ballantine Testimonial
1867
A Lady
1867
Bust of a lady
1867
J. Whyte-Melville Esq., Bennochy, past Grand Master-Mason of Scotland
1868
Dante
1869
The late Dr Robert Lee, part of memorial [...] Grange Cemetery
1870
The Angel of Resurrection, part of Robert Lee Memorial [...] Greyfriars' Church
1870
The late Robert Scott Lauder, RSA , model from life 1859
1870
Pasquccia, a Roman contadina
1870
James Falshaw, Esq., Forfar
1871
The Earl of Dalhousie, KT, GCB
1873
The late Archibald Watson Goldie, Esq., WS
1873
Nina, a Roman study
1873
Mrs Lockhart Thomson
1873
The late Sir James Y. Simpson, Bt, MD etc
1873
Emmie
1873
Mrs James Ballantine
1873
The late William Glover, DD
1873
The Glee Maiden (vide Fair Maid of Perth)
1874
Katie, daughter of John MacLaren, Esq., Advocate, Sheriff in Chancery
1874
The late Adam Black, Esq.
1874
James Salmon, Esq., Architect, Glasgow
1874
Rev. Alexander Duff, DD, LLD
1875
The late George Dalziel, Esq.
1877
James Carmichael, engineer & inventor of the fan blast, Dundee
1877
Design for an alter-tomb now being erected in marble
1877
Bronze door of mausoleum, perspective view
1877
The late Adam Black
1878
The late James Carmichael, Engineer
1878
A young lady
1878
Portrait
1879
Henry Simpson Esq.
1879
Rev. George R. Davidson, DD
1879
The late William Jenkyns, MA, killed in defence of the British Residency, Cabul, 1879
1879
The late George Paul Chalmers, RSA
1880
Bust of a gentleman
1880
Marble monument in memory of the late George Paul Chalmers RSA... in Dean Cemetery
1880
The late Adam Black, Lord Provost & MP for Edinburgh
1880
Katie
1880
Stella
1880
Pasquccia, study from life at Rome
1880
The late D. O. Hill, RSA [...] after Patric Park
1880
Roman dancing girl reposing
1880
The late William Rutherford Sanders, Professor of Pathology, Edinburgh University
1882
Bust of a gentleman
1883
The late Rt Hon. Lady Moncrieff
1883
The Rev. Robert Herbert Story, DD, Rosneath
1883
Lord McLaren
1883
Sir J. Noel Paton, RSA, Her Majesty's Limner for Scotland
1884
The late Sir Charles Wyville Thomson
1884
The late J. A. Lake Gloag, Esq.
1884
The late Rt Hon. Fox Maule, Earl of Dalhousie etc
1884
The late Sir Henry Wellwood Moncrieff, Bart, DD
1885
The late Arthur Perigal, RSA
1886
Il Condottiere
1886
A study from life at Rome
1886
William McEwan, Esq.
1886
The late Dr Lindsay Alexander
1886
Dante (bronze)
1887
Prof. Sir Douglas Maclagan, MD, President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
1887
The late John Baxter, Esq., Edinburgh
1887
The late Very Rev. Principal Tulloch, DD, LLD, Dean of the Order of the Thistle
1887
Bust of a lady
1888
Sir Charles U. Aitchison, KCSI, late Lieut-Governor of the Punjab
1888
The late Dr Rev. Norman Macleod, LLD, etc, commissioned by the Queen
1889
A torch racer
1889
A torch racer
1890
The late Hon. Lord Fraser
1890
The late John Grigor, MD, Nairn
1890
Dante (marble)
1890
Bust of a lady
1891
William Tod, Esq.
1891
The late William Wright, LLD, Professor of Arabic, Cambridge University
1891
Hamlet
1892
Miss Harris
1892
Sir Douglas Maclagan, MD, etc
1892
The late J. F. MacLennan, LLD, Advocate
1893
La Penserosa
1893
The late Mrs Barbour of Bonskied
1893
The late Alexander Kilgour, MD, Aberdeen
1893
Bust of a lady
1893
James Carmichael, Engineer, Dundee
1894
Miss Ethel Campbell Smith
1894
Bust of a lady
1894
The Regent Murray
1894
Agriculture
1895
Engineering
1895
Study for a head of a colossal statue
1895
The late Charles Jenner, Esq.
1896
George Buchanan, humanist and reformer
1897
The late Charles U. Aitchison, KCSI, Lieut-Governor of the Punjab, for the Aitchison College, Lahore
1897
Dante, Ravenna
1899
The late Prof. William Rutherford, MD, FRS, Professor of Physiology, Edinburgh University
1900
Pasquecia
1901
Her late Majesty the Queen
1901
Il Condottiere
1901
The Good Shepherd
1901
Rev. David Macrae
1901
Aeneas J. G. Mackay, Esq., KC, Sheriff of Fife & Kinross
1901
Henrietta
1901
Bust of lady
1902
James Grahame, Marquis of Montrose
1902
Bust of a lady
1903
Thomas Aird
1903
A Florentine
1904
Locations
Address 26 Charles Street Edinburgh | View on map
1856 - 1857
Address 10 Randolph Cliff Edinburgh | View on map
1857 - 1859
Address 97 George Street Edinburgh | View on map
1860 - 1902
Address 3 Thomas Street Edinburgh | View on map
1880
p. 482
Address 3 Torphichen Place Edinburgh | View on map
1886 - 1910
Address given as 2 Carlton Street Edinburgh | View on map
1910 (Circa)
p. 964
Studio located at House, 97 George Street & Studio 3 Thomas Street Edinburgh | View on map
1874 - 1886
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The International Exhibition, London, 1862
'A Roman Matron'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, Works of Deceased and Living Scottish Artists, 1863
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture of Works of Deceased and Living Scottish Artists, 1880
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Sixty-Eighth, 1894
'James Carmichael, Engineer, Dundee'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Seventieth, 1896
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Seventy-Fourth, 1900
'The late Prof. William Rutherford, MD, FRS, Professor of Physiology, Edinburgh University'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, One-Hundred-and-Seventeenth, 1943
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Thirtieth, 1856
'Portrait medallion'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Thirty-First, 1857
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Thirty-Third, 1859
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Thirty-Fourth, 1860
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Thirty-Fifth, 1861
'A Roman girl'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Thirty-Sixth, 1862
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Thirty-Ninth, 1865
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Fortieth, 1866
'Pasquccia, a young Roman'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Forty-First, 1867
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Forty-Third, 1869
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Forty-Fourth, 1870
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Forty-Seventh, 1873
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Forty-Eighth, 1874
'The late Adam Black, Esq.'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Forty-Ninth, 1875
'Rev. Alexander Duff, DD, LLD'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Fiftieth, 1876
'The late Sir George Harvey, PRSA, 1860'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Fifty-First, 1877
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Fifty-Second, 1878
'Duncan McLaren Esq., MP'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Fifty-Third, 1879
'Henry Simpson Esq.'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Fifty-Fifth, 1881
'King Robert the Bruce'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Fifty-Sixth, 1882
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Fifty-Seventh, 1883
'Lord McLaren'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Fifty-Eighth, 1884
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Sixtieth, 1886
'The late Dr Lindsay Alexander'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Sixty-First, 1887
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Sixty-Second, 1888
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Sixty-Third, 1889
'A torch racer'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Sixty-Forth, 1890
'A torch racer'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Sixty-Fifth, 1891
'William Tod, Esq.'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Sixty-Sixth, 1892
'Study of a girl's head'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Sixty-Seventh, 1893
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Sixty-Ninth, 1895
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Seventy-First, 1897
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Seventy-Third, 1899
'Dante, Ravenna'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Seventy-Fifth, 1901
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Seventy-Sixth, 1902
'Bust of lady'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Seventy-Seventh, 1903
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Seventy-Eighth, 1904
'A Florentine'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Seventy-Ninth, 1905
'Sir John Batty Tuke, MD, MP'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Eighty-Fifth, 1911
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundredth - Centenary Exhibition, 1926
'John Phillip RA, HRSA'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Thirty-Second, 1858
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Forty-Second, 1868
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninetieth, 1916
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Fifty-Fourth, 1880
'Marble monument in memory of the late George Paul Chalmers RSA... in Dean Cemetery'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Thirty-Seventh, 1863
'Mrs Learmonth'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Fifty-Ninth, 1885
'The late Sir Henry Wellwood Moncrieff, Bart, DD'
Exhibited at First Exhibition of the Society of Scottish Artists, 1892
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, Works in Watercolour & Sculptures by Living Artists, 1887
Multiple works
Exhibited at Royal Academy of Art: The Exhibition of Scottish Art, 1939
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Thirty-Eighth, 1864
'Fanny, daughter of Thomas Faed, Esq., ARA, HRSA'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Forty-Fifth, 1871
'James Falshaw, Esq., Forfar'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1861 - 1902
Exhibited 19 times, twenty-eight works in all (chiefly portraits but also some genre subjects)
Exhibited at International Exhibition, Glasgow, 1901
1901
Taught The Royal Scottish Academy Life School
1873 - 1891
Correct term would be 'Visitors included'
Institutional and Business Connections
Elected ARSA The Royal Scottish Academy
1862
Elected RSA The Royal Scottish Academy
1867
Elected to hold office by The Royal Scottish Academy
1877 - 1886
£19 8s. 1d.
Office held: Librarian
Honorary treasurer of The Royal Scottish Academy
1886 - 1907
£125
Office Bearer (not Honorary)
Member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1906 - 1907
Was elected member but, failing to respond to notice of such from the society, was removed from list of members (18 February 1907, Royal Society of British Sculptors: Minutes of Council Meetings, vol. I).
Studied at The School of Applied Art (Edinburgh)
1894 (Circa) - 1895
Attended evening modelling class, where he came third top.
Personal and Professional Connections
Apprenticed to James Christie
1849 - 1953
Hutchison was a woodcarving apprentice at Hospitalfield where, among many other things, he carved a honeysuckle background to the Pan & Satyres boss on the fireplace by James Christie.
Made bust of Lawrence MacDonald
1861
Descriptions of Practice
Listed under Sculptors Edinburgh & Leith Post-Office Directory 1860-1861
p. 400
Listed under Sculptors Edinburgh & Leith Post-Office Directory 1870-1871
p. 432
Listed under Sculptors Edinburgh & Leith Post-Office Directory 1880-1881
p. 482
Listed under Sculptors Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1890-1891
p. 601
Listed under Sculptors Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1900-1901
p. 748
Listed under Sculptors
Listed under Sculptors Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1910-1911
p. 964
Sources
Abstract of the Receipts and Expenditure of The Royal Scottish Academy
31 December 1877
Office held: Librarian
Catalogue of the Exhibition of Scottish Art 1939, Royal Academy of Arts, London
1939
p. xxxiii
Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1890-1891
1890 (Circa)
p. 601
Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1900-1901
May 1900
p. 748
Listed under Sculptors
Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1910-1911
1910
p. 964
Edinburgh & Leith Post-Office Directory 1860-1861
1860
p. 400
Edinburgh & Leith Post-Office Directory 1870-1871
25 May 1870
p. 432
Edinburgh & Leith Post-Office Directory 1880-1881
1880 (Circa)
International exhibition 1862, official catalogue, fine art department
1862
International Exhibition Glasgow, 1901,
Official Catalogue of the Fine Art Section
1901
List of Members: Royal Society of British Sculptors
2008
Royal Society of British Sculptors. Minutes of Council Meetings No. 1, 1905-1913
19 May 1913
18 February 1907.
The Eighty-Third Annual Report of the Council of The Royal Scottish Academy, 1910
1910
Obituary
Citing this record
'John Hutchison ARSA, RSA', 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=msib6_1208875125, accessed 29 Mar 2023]
