William Birnie Rhind - Architectural Sculpture

Architectural Sculpture

  • "Virtue" panels on the memorial to the Duke of Buccleuch in front of St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, 1887
  • Allegorical figures on Charing Cross Mansions, Glasgow, 1889–1891
  • Pulpit and font at St Mary's Collegiate Church, Haddington 1891
  • Apollo Group, sculpture on the former Sun Life Building, Glasgow, 1889–1894
  • Figures of angels and apostles inside Bellevue Reformed Baptist Church, East London Street, Edinburgh, 1894
  • Monument to Lord Belhaven and Stenton, Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh, 1896
  • The seated figure of Science on the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, 1898
  • Figures in niches on the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, 1898
  • Sculptural figures on a large memorial in Roslin churchyard, 1899
  • Allegorical figures on the Scotsman Building, Edinburgh, 1900 (above North Bridge Arcade)
  • Figures and panel on the former National Bank of Scotland branch, Glasgow, 1902–1903
  • Last Supper panel within St Pauls Church, Lorne Street, Leith, 1903
  • Monument to Sir Hector MacDonald, Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh, 1904
  • The River Mersey, Navigation, and Commerce, with sculptor Edward O. Griffith, formerly on the Liverpool Cotton Exchange, 1905–1906
  • Frieze within the old Lothian Region Chambers on George IV Bridge in Edinburgh, 1905
  • Heads on corbels, Corstorphine Old Parish Church, Edinburgh, 1905
  • Science on the Armstrong Building, Newcastle, 1906
  • Monument to the King's Own Scottish Borderers on North Bridge, Edinburgh, 1906
  • Monument of horse and rider to the Royal Scots Greys on Princes Street, Edinburgh, 1906
  • Figures on the former R. W. Forsyth Department Store (corner of Princes Street and St. Andrew Street, Edinburgh, 1906
  • Figure of St.Andrew on St. Andrew's Parish Church, North Berwick, 1907
  • Monument to the Black Watch for the South African War (Boer War), The Mound, Edinburgh, 1908
  • Ashton Building at the University of Liverpool, 1912–1914
  • City Arms on the Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 1914
  • Four allegorical groupings — representing Agriculture, Art, Industry and Learning — at the base of the dome of the Manitoba Legislative Building, Winnipeg, 1918-1919

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