Henry (Harry) Snell Gamley ARSA, RSA
Born 1865
Died 25 October 1928
Active: 1903 - 1928
Country of birth and death: Scotland
Sculptor
Born, Logie Pert, Craigs; studied under Lanteri at Kensington. Also under W G Stevenson RSA for three years. Memorial statue of King Edward at Holyrood. War memorials at Montrose and Cupar. 'A strikingly handsome presence...and a beautiful singing voice'
Works
Dates are usually the year a work was exhibited so may differ from date of production.
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Granny
1903
The late John Macmillan, Esq.
1903
The late John Macmillan, Esq.
1903
The late Major McCaig, Oban
1904
Her head in reverence bent, 'Thy will be done'
1904
C. A. Cooper, Esq., LLD, of 'The Scotsman'
1904
Bailie Clark, Chairman Edinburgh Parish Council
1906
Albert
1906
The first wave
1906
'Beyond the haunting shadow in her eyes'
1906 (Circa)
The whisper
1907
Master Colin Clark
1907
Alastair
1907
Innocence
1908
William Simpson, Esq., Edinburgh, Leader of EHR & S Society
1908
Gerty
1908
Fighting Mac
1908
'Fighting Mac'
1908 (Circa)
Albert, son of Fiddes Watt, Esq., Edinburgh
1908
Irvine
1909
Dr John Ker
1909
Exhibited A message to the sea
1909
Caroline
1910
Pour les Autres
1910
The late Dr A. Davidson Arnott
1910 (Circa)
Charles Euan Chalmers Guthrie
1911
Mr David Scott, Librarian, Peterhead
1911
George Murray, Esq.
1912
Bailie Wallace, Tain
1912
Portrait Bust of Fiddes Watt, Esq., ARSA
1912
Portrait medallion of George Watt, Esq.
1912
David Alison Esq.
1913
Miss Sarah Jamieson Barclay
1913
Jean Marjorie Guthrie Priestman
1913
The late Andrew Usher, Esq.
1914
J. Forbes Smith Esq.
1914
Usher Hall
1914
Memorial to Gen. David Stewart of Garth, historian of the Highlands and Highland regiments
1915
The late Alex Taylor-Innes, LLD, Adovocate [...] in St Duthus Church, Tain
1915
John Boyd Dunlop, Esq., inventor of Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre
1915
William Murdoch, inventor of lighting by gas
1916
Portrait bust
1916
His Majesty King Edward VII
1917
The late Alexander Russell Simpson, KT, MD, DSc
1917
Portrait bust
1918
Portrait bust
1918
The Ranken Memorial Trophy
1919
Inspiration
1919
The late 2nd Lieut Edward Maxwell Salvesen
1919
The whisper
1919
The late Capt. Robert Macfarlane, MC, 3rd Black Watch (SR)
1919
Usher Hall
1919
Memorial to Gen. Sir David Stewart of Garth
1919
The late Sir Alexander Russell Simpson, MD, DSc, LLD
1920
The late Capt. Robert Macfarlane, MC, 3rd Black Watch (SR)
1920
The late Provost Bayne [...] in the New Council Chambers, Stirling
1920
The Rt Hon. Lord Salvesen
1920
Joseph Laing Waugh
1920
In memoriam - Mrs J. E. Coutts, Edinburgh
1921
John Geddie, Esq.
1921
Ewart
1921
Angela
1922
Alexander Hogg Esq, Carnoustie
1922
The whisper
1922
Portrait bust
1923
Rev. T. Ratcliffe Barnett
1923
Collaborated on War memorial, Cupar, Fife
1923
Dulcie
1924
Miss Jean Armour Burns Brown, Dumfries
1924
Victory
1925
J. H. Mackay Esq., Architect, Wellington, NZ
1925
Maude
1925
Timmy
1925
Peter Wishart, ARSA
1926
Charles Murray, Esq., CMG, LLD
1926
James L. Hughes Esq., LLD, Toronto
1927
Emer
1927
Mrs J. H. MacGregor
1927
Robert McVitie, Esq.
1928
Mark Sanderson, Esq.
1928
Locations
Address 36 Comely Bank Place Edinburgh | View on map
1903 (Circa) - 1904
Address 7 Hope Street Lane Edinburgh | View on map
1904 - 1928
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Eighty-Eighth, 1914
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninety-Sixth, 1922
'Angela'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Third, 1929
Multiple works
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 Seventy-Seventh, 1903
'Granny'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Seventy-Ninth, 1905
'C. A. Cooper Esq., LLD, of 'The Scotsman''
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Eightieth, 1906
'Bailie Clark, Chairman Edinburgh Parish Council'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Eighty-First, 1907
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Eighty-Second, 1908
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Eighty-Third, 1909
'Dr John Ker'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Eighty-Fourth, 1910
'Dr A. Davidson Arnott'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Eighty-Fifth, 1911
'Charles Euan Chalmers Guthrie'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Eighty-Sixth, 1912
'Bailie Wallace, Tain'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Eighty-Seventh, 1913
'Miss Sarah Jamieson Barclay'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Eighty-Ninth, 1915
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninety-First, 1917
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninety-Second, 1918
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninety-Third, 1919
'Usher Hall'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninety-Fourth, 1920
'Joseph Laing Waugh'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninety-Fifth, 1921
'The spirit of resistance'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninety-Seventh, 1923
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninety-Eighth, 1924
'Portrait - Child's head'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninety-Ninth, 1925
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundredth - Centenary Exhibition, 1926
'Charles Murray, Esq., CMG, LLD'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-First, 1927
'James L. Hughes Esq., LLD, Toronto'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Second, 1928
'Mark Sanderson, Esq.'
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Ninetieth, 1916
Multiple works
Exhibited at Fourteenth Annual Exhibition of the Society of Scottish Artists, 1908
'Fighting Mac'
Exhibited at Aberdeen Artists' Society Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, 1906
''Beyond the haunting shadow in her eyes''
Exhibited at Aberdeen Artists' Society Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, 1908
Multiple works
Exhibited at Aberdeen Artists' Society Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, 1910
'Pour les Autres'
Exhibited at Aberdeen Artists' Society Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, 1912
Multiple works
Exhibited at Aberdeen Artists' Society Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, 1926
'Charles Murray, Esq., CMG, LLD'
Exhibited at Royal Academy of Art: The Exhibition of Scottish Art, 1939
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Seventy-Eighth, 1904
'Her head in reverence bent, "Thy will be done"'
Institutional and Business Connections
Adjudicated on a panel at The Edinburgh College of Art
1921
p. 6
For the award of Diplomas in the Sculpture Dept.
Associate member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1926 - 1928
Died in 1928.
Commissioned by The Stewart Society, Edinburgh
1919
Elected ARSA The Royal Scottish Academy
1908 - 1920
Elected RSA The Royal Scottish Academy
1920 - 1928
DOD: 1928
Personal and Professional Connections
Collaborated with John Kinross
1923
Nominated by William Reid Dick
1926 (Presumed)
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors
Nominated by Ferdinand Victor Blundstone
1926 (Presumed)
For membership of the Royal Society of British Sculptors
Nominator of Alexander Carrick
1918
For RSA
Descriptions of Practice
Listed under Sculptors Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1910-1911
p. 964
Listed under Sculptors Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1920-1921
p. 860
Sources
Aberdeen Artists' Society. Fifteenth Exhibition of Works of Modern Masters, 1912
November 1912
p. 49
Aberdeen Artists' Society. Fourteenth Exhibition of Works of Modern Masters, 1910
November 1910
p. 47
Aberdeen Artists' Society. Nineteenth Exhibition of Works of Modern Masters, 1926
November 1926
p. 83
Aberdeen Artists' Society. Thirteenth Exhibition of Works of Modern Masters, 1908
September 1908
p. 54
Aberdeen Artists' Society. Twelfth Exhibition of Works of Modern Masters, 1906
September 1906
p. 50
Catalogue of the Exhibition of Scottish Art 1939, Royal Academy of Arts, London
1939
p. xxxi
Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1910-1911
1910
p. 964
Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1920-1921
1920
p. 860
List of Members: Royal Society of British Sculptors
2008
Society of Scottish Artists, Exhibition Catalogues 1892-1951
p. 46
The Edinburgh College of Art Report by the Board of Management for the session 1920 -1921
1921
p. 6
The One Hundred and First Annual Report of the Council of The Royal Scottish Academy, 1928
1928
Obituary p. 13
Citing this record
'Henry (Harry) Snell Gamley 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_1210158597, accessed 10 Jun 2023]
