Thomas Beattie
Born 1863 (Circa)
Active: 1890 - 1940
Country of birth and death: Scotland
Plaster work instructor, architectural sculptor
Born in Hawick, Roxburghshire.
Works
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Carved The Scottish National War Memorial
1927
Stone capitals of columns and shields of countries
Locations
Address 11 Torphichen Place Edinburgh | View on map
1890 (Circa)
p. 601
Address 109 Haymarket Terrace Edinburgh | View on map
1920 (Circa)
Address Brandon Terrace Edinburgh | View on map
1940 (Circa)
p. 1098
Listed under Sculptors
Studio located at Dean Studios Belford Road Edinburgh | View on map
1910
4 Belford Road
Studio located in 11A Shandwick Place Edinburgh | View on map
1890 (Circa)
p. 601
Institutional and Business Connections
Teacher at The Edinburgh College of Art
1910 (Circa)
Instructor of Plaster Work (Craft Section)
Personal and Professional Connections
Brother/sibling of William Francis Beattie
Collaborated with Benjamin Edward (or Evans) Spence
1867
Beattie modelled a design produced by Spence: see Reilly and Savage, 'The Dictionary of Wedgwood' (1980), p. 323.
Employee of Robert Stodart Lorimer
1927
p. 30
Shared rooms with William Francis Beattie
1901 (Circa) - 1920 (Circa)
Not necessarily continuous sharing of dwelling place but recorded at start and end of this period
Worked with Robert Stodart Lorimer
1900 (Circa) - 1913 (Circa)
Descriptions of Practice
Listed under Sculptors Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1890-1891
p. 601
Listed under Sculptors Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1910-1911
p. 964
Listed under Sculptors Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1920-1921
p. 860
Listed under Sculptors Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1930-1931
p. 1205
Listed under Sculptors
Listed under Sculptors Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1940-1941
p. 1098
Listed under Sculptors
Occupation given in 1901 Scotland Census
'Sculptor'
Publications
Advertised in A Directory of Scottish Craftsmen and Builders Country Life
p. 8
photograph of ceiling detail. Lists the places Beattie provided modelled plasterwork for.
Sources
1901 Scotland Census
2007
Parish: Edinburgh St Michael; ED: 129; Page: 1; Line: 14; Roll CSSCT1901_368; Year: 1901
A Directory of Scottish Craftsmen and Builders Country Life
27 September 1913
p. 8
Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1890-1891
1890 (Circa)
p. 601
Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1910-1911
1910
p. 964
Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1920-1921
1920
p. 860
Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1930-1931
1930
p. 1205
Listed under Sculptors
Edinburgh & Leith Post Office Directory 1940-1941
1940
p. 1098
Listed under Sculptors
Lorimer and the Edinburgh Craft Designers
1980
Scottish National War Memorial
October 2004
p. 30
The Edinburgh College of Art Report by the Board of Management for the session 1909 -1910
1910
p. 5
Citing this record
'Thomas Beattie', 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_1216117878, accessed 31 May 2023]