John Howie
Born 1823 (Circa)
Active: 1846 - 1890
Country of birth and death: Scotland
Sculptor
Born in Ceres, Fife. His brother, William Howie (born c.1825 in Ceres, Fife) was a journeyman sculptor.
Works
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Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of The Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Twenty-Sixth, 1852
Multiple works
Institutional and Business Connections
Traded as Elder & Campbell
1900 (Circa) - 1910
Elder & Campbell were successors to the John Howie after his death.
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'
Listed under Sculptors Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1890-1891
p. 601
Listed under 'Sculptors'
Occupation given in 1851 Scotland Census
'Sculptor, master of 2 men' his brother William, a 'journeyman sculptor', was also resident at the same address
Sources
1851 Scotland Census
2007
Ref: Parish: Edinburgh St Cuthberts; ED: 20B; Page: 10; Line: 10; Roll: 803; Year: 1851
Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1890-1891
1890 (Circa)
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)
p. 482
Listed under 'Sculptors'
Citing this record
'John Howie', 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_1212055265, accessed 30 Mar 2023]
