William Shirreffs

His two principal claims to fame is as one of the chosen sculptors of the figures depicting characters from the novels of Sir Walter Scott on the Scott Monument on Princes Street in Edinburgh and for the figures on the north entrance porch of Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.

He was born in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, to James Shirreffs and his wife, Mary Wagrel, in 1846 and was baptised in the same parish on 14 April 1846.

He studied at Glasgow School of Art under William Mossman from 1870 to 1873 winning a free scholarship in 1872.

He also did co-operative works with other sculptors such as Sir George Frampton, John Rhind and Pittendreigh MacGillivray.

[1] He died at his home, Lochwinnoch in Paisley on 23 June 1902 and is buried in Glasgow's Western Necropolis.