William Birnie Rhind William Birnie Rhind RSA was a Scottish sculptor. Rhind was born in Edinburgh as the eldest son of sculptor John Rhind , and the elder brother of J. Massey Rhind. The two brothers set up a studio in Glasgow in 1885, then Birnie moved to Edinburgh, and his brother went to Paris, then permanently to America in 1889, despite the warnings of their father. His younger brother was Thomas Duncan Rhind , an architect. His name is particularly connected to several dozen sculptural war memorials in the Edinburgh and Lothian area. One of these is a monument to the Royal Scots Greys on Princes Street in Edinburgh. Also of note is the 1919 bronze figure of a fallen officer, telling his men to "carry on", which acts as the school war memorial at Fettes College , a private school in Edinburgh. William is buried with his parents, and Alice Stone, his wife, in the family plot in Warriston Cemetery in North Edinburgh towards the south end of the original cemetery, facing a main path.Architectural sculpture "Virtue" panels on the memorial to the Duke of Buccleuch in front of St. Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, 1887 Lifeboat Monument, St Anne's on the Sea , 1888 Allegorical figures on Charing Cross Mansions, Glasgow, 1889–1891 The Main Entrance Archway, West Ham Technical College, 1898 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 Pair of statues to Thomas and Peter Coats in Paisley , 1895 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 Bronze portrait head of Dr James Cappie in Grange Cemetery, Edinburgh Allegorical figures on the Scotsman Building, Edinburgh, 1900 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 Statue of William Light , founder of Adelaide, South Australia , designed 1904 and unveiled 1906 in the city of Adelaide 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, 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 , The Mound, Edinburgh , 1908 Monument to the poet Robert Burns , Montrose 1912 Ashton Building at the University of Liverpool , 1912–1914 City Arms on the Usher Hall , Edinburgh, 1914 Allegory of Learning , two figures above portico of Shipley Art Gallery , Gateshead, 1917 Four allegorical groupings representing Agriculture , Art , Industry and Learning at the base of the dome of the Manitoba Legislative Building , Winnipeg, 1918–1919 Kelty War Memorial, 1921 Buckie War Memorial, 1921 Figure of a pensive soldier of 8th Battalion Royal Scots atop a commemorative plinth, Prestonpans War Memorial, 1922Gallery
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