Port St Johns (1897) to Port Alfred, Kalk Bay and Mossel Bay (1901), Richards Bay and Cape Town (1902), East London (1901 and 1910), Lourenço Marques (1909/10) and Beira and Port Elizabeth (1911). Methven was also President of the Natal Institute of Architects (1905–1908) and a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA). Methven practiced as architect and was one of the founder members of the Natal Institute of Architects. He was an enthusiastic trout fisherman and an accomplished musician. His involvement in the art world led to his being President of the Natal Society of Artists in 1908, 1912 and 1915. He drew up specifications for the building of the organs in the Durban and Pietermaritzburg Town Halls, and edited A Century of Progress in Natal, 1824–1924 published in Pietermaritzburg. Methven's first solo exhibition took place in Johannesburg in 1921. His work may be seen in the Africana Museum, Durban Art Gallery, Local History Museums, Tatham Art Gallery and the Killie Campbell Collections. He also painted a number of landscapes of his hometown, Greenock. He died in Pietermaritzburg in South Africa on 30 August 1925. Family He was married. His children included Alexander Methven and Iain Lambert Methven. His assistant, James Buchanan Pentland-Smith, married his eldest daughter. Publications Commemoration Two streets in Durban are named after him, one at Maydon Wharf and the other in Westville . References External links Biography at artefacts.co.za 1849 births 1925 deaths 19th-century Scottish painters 20th-century Scottish painters Fellows of the Royal Institute of British Architects Harbour engineers Engineers from Edinburgh Scottish civil engineers Scottish male painters South African engineers South African painters South African male painters 19th-century Scottish male artists 20th-century Scottish male artists