Medallion head of John Rhind and his wife on his grave in Warriston Cemetery EdinburghGolden statue of Fame on top of the main dome, Bank of Scotland Head Office, Edinburgh, by John RhindJohn Rhind's signature
John RhindARSA (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[1] (1804–1870). He served this apprenticeship in a yard at 4 East Broughton Place.[2]
He was master of the masonic lodge on Hill Street in Edinburgh from 1864 to 1868.[3]
He lived his final years at "St Helens" on Cambridge Street, just south of Edinburgh Castle.[4]
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. The grave lies just off the main southern path, near its centre, facing east on a north-south path.
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.
Leith Corn Exchange frieze, Constitution Street, Leith (1863)
Sculpture of Greek goddess Nike atop the Bank of Scotland, Bank Street, Edinburgh (1864–70)
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).
