John Rhind Snr ARSA

Works

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Bas-Relief Panel, representing 'Threadmaking'
1892

Study of a Head
1892

The Reaper
1892

The Athenian Youth
1892

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

Athenian Youth
1892 (Presumed)
shown posthumously at the International Exhibition Glasgow, 1901

Locations

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Address 396 Castlehill Edinburgh | View on map
1857 (Circa) - 1858 (Circa)

Address 362 Castlehill Edinburgh | View on map
1860 (Circa) - 1862 (Circa)

Address 9 North Pitt Street Edinburgh | View on map
1869 (Circa) - 1872 (Circa)

Address 3A North Pitt Street Edinburgh | View on map
1874 (Circa) - 1882 (Circa)
Not recorded at this address between 1877 and 1878

Address 18 Pitt Street Edinburgh | View on map
1877 (Circa) - 1878 (Circa)

Address 44 Dean Path Edinburgh | View on map
1880 (Circa)
p. 482

Address St. Helen's Cambridge Street Edinburgh | View on map
1883 (Circa) - 1892 (Circa)

Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events

Exhibited at First Exhibition of the Society of Scottish Artists, 1892
'The Athenian Youth'

Exhibited at The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibition, 1826-
1857 - 1926
Exhibited at the annual exhibition 25 times: 1857 (2 works), 1858 (2 works), 1860 (2 works), 1862 (1 work), 1869 (1 work), 1871 (1 work), 1872 (2 works), 1874 (3 works), 1876 (2 works), 1877 (1 work), 1878 (1 work), 1882 (1 work), 1883 (1 work), 1884 (3 works), 1885 (2 works), 1886 (3 works), 1887 (3 works), 1887 (3 works), 1888 (2 works), 1889 (3 works), 1890 (2 works), 1891 (5 works), 1892 (4 works), 1916 (3 works) and 1926 (2 works)

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1885 - 1888
Exhibited 4 times, one work on each occasion, portrait busts.

Exhibited at International Exhibition, Glasgow, 1901
1901
posthumous showing

Institutional and Business Connections

Elected ARSA The Royal Scottish Academy
1892
p. xxx

Studied at Royal Academy Schools
1885 (Presumed) - 1886 (Presumed)
Rhind was awarded a £10 prize for a model of a statue of group in 1885. See Royal Academy, 'Annual Report, 1885', (1886), p. 34. In 1886, he was awarded prize for the restoration of a mutilated antique statue. See 'Annual Report, 1886', (1887), p. 33.

Personal and Professional Connections

Mother/father/parent of William Birnie Rhind
Father of

Mother/father/parent of John Massey Rhind

Shared studio with William Birnie Rhind
1890 (Circa)
p. 601

Studied under Alexander Handyside Ritchie
1840 (Circa)

Descriptions of Practice

Listed in Edinburgh & Leith Post-Office Directory 1880-1881
p. 469 Listed under 'Marbel Cutters'

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

Sources

Annual Report from the Council of The Royal Academy to the General Assembly of Academicians for the Year 1885, 1886 Royal Academy Annual Reports
1886
p. 34.

Annual Report from the Council of The Royal Academy to the General Assembly of Academicians for the Year 1886, 1887 Royal Academy Annual Reports
1887
p. 33.

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

Edinburgh & Leith Post-Office Directory 1870-1871
25 May 1870
p. 432

Edinburgh & Leith Post-Office Directory 1880-1881
1880 (Circa)
p. 469 Listed under 'Marbel Cutters'

Edinburgh & Leith Post-Office Directory 1880-1881
1880 (Circa)
p. 482

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

Public Sculpture of Glasgow Public Sculpture of Britain Volume Five
2002
p. 495

Society of Scottish Artists, Exhibition Catalogues 1892-1951
p. 45, 46

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.40 and 41