Henry Snell Gamley (commonly called Harry Gamley) (1865–1928) was a Scottish sculptor specialising in war memorials and sculpture on tombs. He was however also responsible for other figurative sculpture on prominent

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buildings such as the Usher Hall and works at

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Life

Monument by Henry Snall Gamley, St Giles Cathedral

Clarinda's grave, Canongate kirkyard - geograph

Gamley was born in Logie-Pert, Craigo near Montrose, Scotland. His family moved to Edinburgh early in his life. He is listed as living in a flat at 7 Montpelier Park in

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in 1908 and having a studio at 4 Hope Street Lane. He was educated at

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in Edinburgh and then trained at the Royal Institute under Charles P. Hodder. He then went to London to study under

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College. He then returned to Edinburgh to study under William Grant Stevenson RSA from 1899–1902. In 1908 he was elected an Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy (ARSA) and set up his own studio at 4 Hope Street Lane. At this time he was living in a flat at 7 Montpelier Park in the Bruntsfield area.

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sculpted a portrait bust of Gamley in 1892. A photograph of "H.S Gamley, Sculptor" is listed as item 158 in the 58th annual exhibition of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain in 1913. In 1928 he hired

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’s studio in Paris to work on a statue of

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for export to Wyoming. He died on a country estate near Paris, France in 1928. His body was returned to Edinburgh and he is buried off the southern path under a tree in the south-east section of

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Family

He married Margaret Hogg from

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in 1898. His daughter Lola Hamley (1899–1971) was an artist.

Known works

*Monument to the sculptor

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Edinburgh (1903) *Bust of Major McCaig of

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(1904) (of "McCaig's Folly" fame) *Bust of "Fighting Mac" ( Hector MacDonald) (1908) *Bust of Albert,

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's son (1908) *Memorial plaque to Clarinda in

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(1909) *Memorial to Alexander and Fanny Gamley, (presumed to be his parents)

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Cemetery (1909) *Monument to the advocate, William Thomson in

(1911) *Bust of Charles Euan Chalmers Guthrie (1911) *Portrait bust of

(1912) *Monument to J.W.Fyfe, Chief Valuer of Scotland, in

(1913) *Monument to Andrew Sclanders Nelson (1856-1913) in the

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(1913) (sculpture stolen) *Portrait head on the grave of David Menzies (1854-1912), Grange Cemetery, Edinburgh (1913) *Bust of Andrew Usher founder of the Usher Hall (1914) for Usher Hall interior *Figurative sculpture on the Usher Hall, Edinburgh (1914) *Portrait bust of

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, inventor of the pneumatic tyre (1915) *Bust of

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inventor of gas lighting (1916) *Bust of Sir Alexander Russell Simpson (1917) for Carubbers Close Mission *War Memorial on north wall of

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, Edinburgh (1918) *Statue of Sir David Stewart of Garth exhibited in RSA (1919) (now at Keltneyburn near

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) *Memorial plaque of the late 2nd Lt. Edward Maxwell Salvesen (nephew of

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) (1919) in north aisle of

*Bronze plaque of the

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, the Rt Hon Lord Salvesen, on his tomb in

(1920) *Bust of Joseph Laing Waugh (1920) *War memorial at Morningside Free Church, Edinburgh (1921) (with

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) *Statue of

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as part of the Edward VII Memorial at

(1920–22). *Restoration of the equestrian statue of King Charles I in

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(1922) *Heart of Midlothian F.C. War Memorial, Haymarket, Edinburgh (1922) * Montrose War Memorial (1922) (plinth by

) *

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War Memorial (1922) (with

) *Statue of St.Andrew on the Freemasons Hall, George Street, Edinburgh (1922) * Charles Murray (1925) Provost Skene's House, Aberdeen *Bust of Robert McVitie of

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biscuit fame (1928) *Plaster bust of Alastair Adam Inglis (1906) (aged 3 years) son of Francis Caird Inglis, Photographer, Edinburgh.

References

*Scottish War Memorials Project (www.scottishmilitaryresearch.co.uk) *Dictionary of British Sculptors *glasgowsculpture.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Gamley, Henry Snell 1865 births 1928 deaths Scottish sculptors Scottish male sculptors Artists from Edinburgh 20th-century British sculptors 19th-century British sculptors