Alexander Handyside Ritchie
Born 1804
Died 1870
Active: 1831 - 1869
Country of birth and death: Scotland
Sculptor
Studied with Thorvaldsen in Rome, 1826-30. Studio based in Edinburgh where he executed portrait busts for wealthy patrons.
Wealth at death: £6 10s. 6d.
Works
Dates are usually the year a work was exhibited so may differ from date of production.
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Statue of Hugh Miller, Cromarty
1859 (Circa)
Locations
Address Musselburgh Scotland | View on map
1831 (Circa) - 1870 (Circa)
Recorded in Musselburgh from 1831-1842 and then again from 1866 til his death.
Address 1 Mound Place Ramsay Lane Edinburgh Scotland | View on map
1857 (Circa) - 1862 (Circa)
Address 5 Coates Place Edinburgh Scotland | View on map
1864 (Circa)
Address 130 Pleasance Edinburgh Scotland | View on map
1864 (Circa)
Address given as 92 Princes Street Edinburgh Scotland | View on map
1843 (Circa) - 1854 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1830 - 1868
Exhibited 6 times (twice post-1851), an average of two works per year, all portrait busts apart from one work shown in 1857 ('A Scotch Lassie', statue in marble, cat. no. 1250).
Exhibited at The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibition, 1826-
1831 - 1926
Exhibited at the annual exhibition 35 times: 1831 (6 times), 1834 (3 works), 1836 (7 works), 1837 (3 works), 1838 (8 works), 1839 (7 works), 1840 ( works), 1841 (6 works), 1842 (2 works), 1843 (6 works), 1844 (3 works), 1845 (2 works), 1846 (3 works), 1847 (3 works), 1848 (3 works), 1849 (6 works), 1850 (2 works), 1851 (3 works), 1852 (2 works), 1854 (3 works), 1855 (8 works), 1857 (2 works), 1858 (2 works), 1859 (1 work), 1860 (1 work), 1862 (1 work), 1863 (4 works), 1864 (1 work), 1866 (3 works), 1867 (1 work), 1869 (2 works), 1871 (1 work), 1880 (1 work), 1916 (1 work) and 1926 (2 works)
Institutional and Business Connections
Elected ARSA The Royal Scottish Academy
1946
Studied at The Edinburgh College of Art
1823 (Circa)
Studied art, architecture and anatomy at Edinburgh School of Arts under Samuel Joseph.
Studied at Trustees Academy of Arts
1824 (Circa) - 1826 (Circa)
Trustees' School of Design
Personal and Professional Connections
Assistant was John Ritchie
Brother/sibling of John Ritchie
His brother John Ritchie assisted in Alexanders' studio.
Taught John Rhind Snr
1840 (Circa)
Descriptions of Practice
Listed under Sculptors Edinburgh & Leith Post-Office Directory 1850-1851
p. 286
Sources
Edinburgh & Leith Post-Office Directory 1850-1851
1850
p. 286
Edinburgh & Leith Post-Office Directory 1860-1861
1860
p. 400
Public Sculpture of Glasgow Public Sculpture of Britain Volume Five
2002
p. 496
The Builder, Vol. 17, 25 June 1859
25 June 1859
p. 429
Citing this record
'Alexander Handyside Ritchie', 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_1213624942, accessed 25 Sep 2023]