# John Stevenson Rhind

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{{Short description|Scottish sculptor (1859–1937)}}
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[[File:James Young Simpson sculpted by John Stevenson Rhind 1889.jpg|thumb|[James Young Simpson](/source/James_Young_Simpson) by John Stevenson Rhind 1889]]
thumb|Statue of Queen Victoria, Foot of Leith Walk, Leith, Edinburgh
thumb|Thomas Stuart Burnett by John Stevenson Rhind
thumb|John Stevenson Rhind's signature

:''for others with the same name see [Rhind](/source/Rhind)''

'''John Stevenson Rhind''' (1859 – 1937) was a Scottish sculptor based in [Edinburgh](/source/Edinburgh).

==Life==

Less is known of John Stevenson than of his family counterparts in Edinburgh but he was a nephew of [John Rhind](/source/John_Rhind_(sculptor)) and cousin of [William Birnie Rhind](/source/William_Birnie_Rhind) and [J. Massey Rhind](/source/J._Massey_Rhind), all sculptors in Edinburgh.<ref>Buildings of Scotland: Edinburgh, by Gifford McWilliam and Walker</ref> He would appear to  also connect to the  family of [David Watson Stevenson](/source/David_Watson_Stevenson) and apparently links between these two prominent Scottish sculpting families.

He is known to have attended the [Royal Scottish Academy](/source/Royal_Scottish_Academy) Life School 1881–7.<ref>Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain</ref> In 1886, he won the RSA prize for modelling. He exhibited in the [Royal Scottish Academy](/source/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](/source/Dalry%2C_Edinburgh) 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 [Tubal-cain](/source/Tubal-cain) on top of [Sir James Gowans](/source/James_Gowans_(architect))’ [Brass Founders' Pillar](/source/Brass_Founders'_Pillar) in Nicolson Square (1886)
*Bust of [Sir James Young Simpson](/source/Sir_James_Young_Simpson) (1889) held by the [National Gallery of Scotland](/source/National_Gallery_of_Scotland)
*Obelisk to [Sir James Steel](/source/Sir_James_Steel), [Lord Provost](/source/Lord_Provost) of Edinburgh, [Dean Cemetery](/source/Dean_Cemetery) (1906)
*Statue to [Queen Victoria](/source/Queen_Victoria) at the Foot of Leith Walk (1907)
*Statue of [Edward VII](/source/Edward_VII) in Victoria Park (1913)
*Celtic Cross at [Gretna Memorial](/source/Quintinshill_rail_disaster) in [Rosebank Cemetery](/source/Rosebank_Cemetery), Edinburgh (1916)<ref>Leith Observer 13.5.1916</ref>

==Other Known Works==

*Memorial to [Thomas Stuart Burnett](/source/Thomas_Stuart_Burnett), [Dean Cemetery](/source/Dean_Cemetery) (1889)
*Memorial to Dr Balfour in Portobello Cemetery (1907)
*Bust of Provost Mackie, Thomas Morton Hall, [Leith](/source/Leith)

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|John Stevenson Rhind}}
{{Art UK bio}}

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Category:1859 births
Category:1937 deaths
Category:19th-century Scottish male artists
Category:20th-century Scottish male artists
Category:19th-century Scottish sculptors
Category:20th-century Scottish sculptors
Category:Artists from Edinburgh
Category:Scottish male sculptors

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