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Alexander Handyside Ritchie (16 April 1804 – 24 April 1870) was a Scottish sculptor born in Musselburgh in 1804, the son of James Ritchie, a local brickmaker and ornamental plasterer, and his wife Euphemia. The father in turn was the son of a fisherman and amateur sculptor.

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Alexander Handyside Ritchie

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Alexander Handyside Ritchie (16 April 1804 – 24 April 1870) was a Scottish sculptor born in Musselburgh in 1804, the son of James Ritchie, a local brickmaker...

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Alexander Ritchie

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Alexander Ritchie may refer to: Alexander Handyside Ritchie (1804–1870), Scottish sculptor Alexander Hay Ritchie (1822–1895), artist and engraver Alexander...

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Scott Monument

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characters from Scott's novels, sculpted by Scots sculptors including Alexander Handyside Ritchie, John Rhind, William Birnie Rhind, William Brodie, William Grant...

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Glasgow Necropolis

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lowest ground and were exclusively for Jewish burials (see section below) Alexander Thomson designed a number of its tombs, and John Bryce and David Hamilton...

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Princes Street

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Davidson of Muirhouse 90 – Hamilton & Inches, jeweller 92 – Alexander Handyside Ritchie, sculptor 93 – Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, antiquarian 95 – Robert...

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Hygieia

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Hygieia by Alexander Handyside Ritchie, College of Physicians, Queen Street, Edinburgh...

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Prestonpans

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near Bankton House where the Colonel lived. It was sculpted by Alexander Handyside Ritchie. A memorial in the parish church commemorates "John Stuart of...

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1858 in architecture

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an 1842 design by David Hamilton by David Bryce with sculptor Alexander Handyside Ritchie. Saint Isaac's Cathedral in Saint Petersburg (Russia) is completed...

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Ebenezer Erskine

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attempts to obtain a hearing, he, along with William Wilson of Perth, Alexander Moncrieff of Abernethy and James Fisher of Kinclaven, was suspended from...

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Hamilton Mausoleum

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Hamilton and completed by architects David Bryce and sculptor Alexander Handyside Ritchie in 1858, five years after the death of the 10th Duke. The eastern...

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St Andrews Botanic Garden

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believed to have been made by the Musselburgh born sculptor Alexander Handyside Ritchie (1804–1870). It was rescued and moved to the Botanical gardens...

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Inveresk

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whilst a Captain of the Scots Greys at the Battle of Waterloo Alexander Handyside Ritchie sculptor (1804–1870) The Wedderburn tomb: Sir David Wedderburn...

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David Dickson the Younger

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monument was erected to his memory. The statue of Dickson is by Alexander Handyside Ritchie. He is buried in a vault on the raised ground to the south-west...

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Church of the Holy Rude

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cemetery by only a path. This contains a series of statues by Alexander Handyside Ritchie of figures from the Reformation. The old graveyard contains a...

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George Meikle Kemp

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by Alexander Handyside Ritchie and carved in marble by John Hutchison, is in the care of the City of Edinburgh Council; a profile, also by Ritchie, adorns...

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Dunbar Harbour

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south-end of the east wall of the Old Harbour to a design by Alexander Handyside Ritchie, and contains a barometer (no longer working) for the use of...

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Denholm

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designed by the architect Hector H. Orrock, and sculpted by Alexander Handyside Ritchie. The Green has always been at the heart of village life. Weekly...

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John Knox House

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discovered behind woodwork in 1849, and restored in 1850 by Alexander Handyside Ritchie. The building was restored again in 1984. Over the next few centuries...

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Joseph Hume

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Duke to limit the Duchess to one horse-chaise. In 1833, Hume provided Alexander Burnes with an introduction to his daughter Princess Victoria. In connection...

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James Fillans

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death) Monument to John Henry Alexander, Glasgow Necropolis (modelled 1852, completed posthumously by Alexander Handyside Ritchie ) "Grief" an emotive stone...

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George Anderson Lawson

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He was educated at George Heriot's Hospital. He trained under Alexander Handyside Ritchie, and in the schools of the Royal Scottish Academy. Lawson travelled...

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John Greenshields

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George Square, Glasgow (1834) standing atop a huge column by Alexander Handyside Ritchie and the statue completed by William Mossman after Greenshields’...

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