James Cadenhead

[1] Cadenhead was born in Aberdeen, the only son of George Canehead, advocate and Procurator Fiscal for the city, living at 7 Springbank Terrace.

[2] James received his early training in art in Aberdeen, showing an aptitude for pencil drawing, etching and portraiture.

[1] Amongst his portraits is one of his mother entitled Lady with Japanese Screen and Goldfish (1886; City Art Gallery, Edinburgh).

Cadenhead lived at 14 Ramsay Garden: in the artistic and intellectual colony established by Patrick Geddes close to Edinburgh Castle at the top of the Royal Mile.

[11] He also took the role of Fionn mac Cumhaill in the Celtic section of the Scottish National Pageant staged in Edinburgh, at Aberdour Castle and at the University of Glasgow in 1908.