James Young Simpson sculpted by John Stevenson Rhind 1889

Thomas Stuart Burnett by John Stevenson Rhind

:''for others with the same name see Rhind'' John Stevenson Rhind (1859 – 1937) was a Scottish sculptor based in

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Life

Less is known of John Stevenson than of his family counterparts in Edinburgh but he was a nephew of John Rhind and cousin of

William Birnie Rhind William Birnie Rhind RSA (1853–1933) was a Scottish sculptor. Life Rhind was born in Edinburgh on 27 February 1853 as the first son of sculptor John Rhind (1828–1892), and his wife, Catherine Birnie. He was the elder brother of J. M ...

and

J. Massey Rhind John Massey Rhind (9 July 1860 – 1 January 1936) was a Scottish-American sculptor. Among Rhind's better known works is the marble statue of Dr. Crawford W. Long located in the National Statuary Hall Collection in Washington D.C. (1926). E ...

, all sculptors in Edinburgh. He would appear to also connect to the family of

David Watson Stevenson David Watson Stephenson (25 March 1842 – 18 March 1904) was a Scottish sculptor, executing portraits and monuments in marble and bronze. Biography Stevenson was born in Ratho, Midlothian, Scotland, on 25 March 1842, the son of William Ste ...

and apparently links between these two prominent Scottish sculpting families. He is known to have attended the Royal Scottish Academy Life School 1881–7.Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain In 1886, he won the RSA prize for modelling. He exhibited in the Royal Scottish Academy from 1877 to 1920. His sculpture is however well-represented across the city. From 1901 until death he lived and worked from Belford Road in Edinburgh, working from the Dean Studios. He is buried in Dalry Cemetery in the south-west of Edinburgh with his wife, Janet Scott Brunton (1860-1919). The grave lies against the north wall, west of the Dalry Road entrance.

Principal Public Works

*Small bronze figure of

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on top of Sir James Gowans’ Brass Founders' Pillar in Nicolson Square (1886) *Bust of Sir James Young Simpson (1889) held by the

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*Obelisk to

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, Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Dean Cemetery (1906) *Statue to

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at the Foot of Leith Walk (1907) *Statue of

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in Victoria Park (1913)

Other Known Works

*Memorial to

Thomas Stuart Burnett Thomas Stuart Burnett ARSA (4 July 1853 – 8 March 1888) was a Scottish sculptor in the 19th century. His two principal claims to fame is as one of the chosen sculptors of the figures depicting characters from the novels of Sir Walter S ...

, Dean Cemetery (1889) *Memorial to Dr Balfour in Portobello Cemetery (1907) *Bust of Provost Mackie, Thomas Morton Hall,

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rhind, John Stevenson Scottish sculptors Scottish male sculptors 1859 births 1937 deaths People associated with Edinburgh 20th-century British sculptors 19th-century British sculptors