Alexander MacDonald
Born 1847
Active: 1855 - 1878
Sculptor
He was the son of the Scottish sculptor Lawrence MacDonald (1799-1878). Alexander carved the headstone for his father's tomb in the Protestant cemetery in Rome. It comprises a 'Roman'-style headstone with acroteria, a relief of a sculptor’s tools in the tympanum, and a bas-relief portrait medallion on the front face.
Locations
Address Palazzo Barberini Rome | View on map
1868 - 1877
Address Rome | View on map
1869 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1868 - 1877
Exhibited twice in 1868 and 1877, one work on each occasion (a portrait, and an ideal work)
Exhibited at The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibition, 1826-
1869
Exhibited at the annual exhibition 1 time: 1869 (1 work)
Sources
'Memorial sculpture in the Protestant Cemetery at Rome: New discoveries and an inventory of identified works'
2022
p. 197 and p. 211
A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660-1851
2009
p. 776 (reference contained in the entry for his father, Lawrence MacDonald)
Exposition des produits de l’industrie de toutes les nations, 1855, Catalogue Officiel
1855
Citing this record
'Alexander MacDonald', 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=msib7_1205425462, accessed 30 May 2023]
