Background
Rhind was born in Edinburgh as the eldest son of sculptor John Rhind (1828–1892), and the elder brother of J. Massey Rhind.
Rhind was born in Edinburgh as the eldest son of sculptor John Rhind (1828–1892), and the elder brother of J. Massey Rhind.
His name is particularly connected to several dozen fine sculptural war memorials in the Edinburgh and Lothian area. The best of these is the hauntingly calm monument to the Royal Scots Greys on Princes Street in Edinburgh. Also of poignant 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.
"Virtue" panels on the memorial to the Duke of Buccleuch in front of Saint Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, 1887
Allegorical figures on Charing Cross Mansions, Glasgow, 1889–1891
The Main Entrance Archway, West Ham Technical College, 1898
Pulpit and font at Street Mary"s Collegiate Church, Haddington 1891
Apollo Group, sculpture on the former Sun Life Building, Glasgow, 1889–1894
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 Doctor James Cappie (1829-1899) in Grange Cemetery, Edinburgh (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 Street 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. West. Forsyth Department Store (corner of Princes Street and Saint Andrew Street, Edinburgh, 1906
Figure of Street.Andrew on Saint Andrew"s Parish Church, North Berwick, 1907
Monument to the Black Watch for the South African War (Boer 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
Four allegorical groupings — representing Agriculture, Art, Industry and Learning — at the base of the dome of the Manitoba Legislative Building, Winnipeg, 1918-1919
Buckie War Memorial (1921).