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:''for others with the same name see Rhind'' John Rhind ARSA (1828 – 1892) was a Scottish sculptor, based in Edinburgh. He was born in Banff the son of a master mason. He was trained under Alexander Handyside Ritchie (1804-1870). He was master of the masonic lodge on Hill Street in Edinburgh from 1864 to 1868.〔List of Masters of the Lodge, Hill Street Masonic Lodge〕 He died on 5 April 1892 a few days after being elected an Associate of the RSA, and is buried in Warriston Cemetery, Edinburgh with a monument by his son John Massey Rhind. He was the father of the sculptors William Birnie Rhind and J. Massey Rhind, and of the architect Sir Thomas Duncan Rhind. ==Works== * Portrait heads (Victoria, Albert, James Watt, Charles Darwin, Michelangelo, and Sir Isaac Newton), National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, Edinburgh (1859) * Carving on West Bow Well, Grassmarket, Edinburgh, (1861). * Sculpture of a head over Paisley Close on the Royal Mile, Edinburgh, (1862). The inscription "Heave Awa' Chaps I'm No Dead Yet" bears reference to the words which the 14-year-old boy (Joseph McIver) depicted cried out from the rubble from a collapsed tenement on the site. * "The Genius of Architecture" (female figure with two children), Princes Street Gardens (c.1860). Originally in the garden of his son-in-law Sir James Gowans and re-sited here in 1967. * Leith Corn Exchange frieze, Constitution Street, Leith (1863) * Sculpture at the Bank of Scotland, Bank Street, Edinburgh (1864–70) * Sculpture at Fettes College, Edinburgh (1864–70) * Cornice carving on 128 Princes Street, Edinburgh (1866). * The Catherine Sinclair Monument to the north-east of Charlotte Square, Edinburgh (1886-8). This is of the Eleanor Cross style. * Celtic cross and bronze portrait to Alexander Smith, Warriston Cemetery, Edinburgh (1868) with Bronze medallion portrait by William Brodie. * The unicorn figure on the head of the Mercat Cross on the Royal Mile, east of St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh (1869) * Carvings at Fettes College Edinburgh (1870) * Purnell Family Monument, Sighthill Cemetery, Glasgow (c. 1872) * Monument to John Buchanan, Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh (1872) * Carving within the Bank of Scotland at 62-66 George St. Edinburgh (now "The Standing Order" public house) (1874-6). * Biggar Memorial Fountain, Banff (1878) * Huge monument to James Nasmyth and his family, Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh (1880) * Font in Priestfield Church, Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh (1881). * Several of the statue figures decorating the Scott Monument, Edinburgh (1882). * Monument to Louisa Bingham, Countess of Wemyss in Aberlady Parish Church (1882). The recumbent effigy is described in "The Buildings of Lothian" as "chilling but pathetic nobility". * Statue of Sir William Dick founder of the Dick Vet College in Edinburgh, within the college at Summerhall, Edinburgh (1883). * Pulpit and font at octagonal crossing St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh (1883) * Sculpture around the main west door of St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh (1884) * Eight Allegorical Female Figures (1883-8), Glasgow City Chambers * Four allegorical figures (May, Flora, aurora and Venus) on the fireplace of the Great Hall, Edinburgh Castle. * Statue of Sir William Chambers, Chambers Street, Edinburgh (1888–91), assisted by William Shirreffs * Bronze medallion tablet memorial to William Hay (died 1888), St. Giles Cathedral Edinburgh (1890) * Sculpture at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Queen Street, Edinburgh (1891) * Portrait bust of Henry Snell Gamley (sculptor) (exhibited in RGIFA, 1892) * Agriculture and Shipbuilding reliefs, New County Hall, Paisley (c. 1892) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Rhind (sculptor)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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