John White Somerville
Other names: John Whyte
Born 6 January 1882
Died 22 June 1916
Active: 1911 - 1916
Country of birth: Scotland
Country of death: France
Sculptor
Born in Dalkeith, Midlothian. Somerville worked as a bank clerk c.1901 and then went on to exhibit five times at the Royal Scottish Academy. During the First World War he served as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Marine Light Infantry. Somerville was killed in action on 22nd June 1916 and was buried at Bois de Noulette British Cemetery, Aix-Noulette, France.
Works
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Mare and Foal
1914
Locations
Address Glencairn Dalkeith | View on map
1901 (Circa) - 1912 (Circa)
Address Carcant Heriot | View on map
1915 (Circa) - 1916 (Circa)
Studio located in West Bryson Road Studio Edinburgh | View on map
1913 (Circa) - 1914 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at Twenty-First Annual Exhibition of the Society of Scottish Artists, 1914
'Mare and Foal'
Exhibited at The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibition, 1826-
1911 - 1915
Exhibited at the annual exhibition 5 times: 1911 (1 work), 1912 (1 work), 1913 (3 works), 1914 (2 works) and 1915 (2 works). In 1917 4 of his works were shown posthumously.
Sources
1901 Scotland Census
2007
Parish: Dalkeith; ED: 1; Page: 55; Line: 9; Roll CSSCT1901_362
The Edinburgh College of Art Report by the Board of Management for the session 1914 -1915
1915
p. 22
The Royal Scottish Academy Nomination Book for Associateship, 1911
1911
1916
Citing this record
'John White Somerville', 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_1210944831, accessed 10 Jun 2023]
