Alexander Kirkwood

Works

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Die maker of Head of the late Alexander Kirkwood, Senr
1880

Die maker of Medals - various
1880

Die maker of Medals
1887

A London municipal commemorative medal
1891

The incoming tide
1903

Locations

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Address 13 St James Square Edinburgh | View on map
1903

Conducted a business at 9 St James Square Edinburgh | View on map
1860 (Circa) - 1903 (Circa)

Ran a business at Meuse Lane Edinburgh | View on map
1850 (Circa)

Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Sixty-Fifth, 1891
'A London municipal commemorative medal'

Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The Seventy-Seventh, 1903
'The incoming tide'

Institutional and Business Connections

Director of Kirkwood and Son
1879 (Circa)
Director of the company following his father Alexander Kirkwood who died in 1879. See Forrer, vol. 3, (1907), p. 165.

Started business A. Kirkwood & Son
1860 (Circa)

Traded as Alex Kirkwood & Son
1860 (Circa)
p. 940

Personal and Professional Connections

Daughter/son/child of Alexander Kirkwood
A. Kirkwood son of Alexander Kirkwood.

Sister/sibling of Henry A. Kirkwood
Brothers.

Descriptions of Practice

Listed in Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1900-1901
Listed under Die and Stamp Cutters. Separate listing from Alex Kirkwood & Son

Listed in Edinburgh & Leith Post-Office Directory 1850-1851
1850
Listed under 'Die and Stamp Cutters'

Sources

Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, Coin, Gem, and Seal-Engravers, Mint Masters, &c., Ancient and Modern with References to their Works, B.C. 500 - A.D. 1900, Volume III, 1907 Biographical Dictionary of Medallists
1907
p. 165.

Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1900-1901
May 1900
p. 687

Edinburgh & Leith Post-Office Directory 1850-1851
1850
p. 270

The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibitors 1826-1990: A dictionary of artists and their work in the Annual Exhibitions of the Royal Scottish Academy. Volume 2, E-K
1991
p. 418 Listed as sculptor