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Landscape: Isle of Man
Jones, Edward Thomas (1868-1946)
no date
A landscape painter who lived and worked in Leeds, Edward Thomas Jones was sometimes known as ‘the policeman artist’. He was also the Sergeant-Mace of the City of Leeds (the Mayor’s Mace-bearer)...
"Jim Kingdon. Kirkstall.1948."
1948
Pencil portrait titled, "Jim Kin(g)don, Kirkstall, 1948." Signed J.A.
"Rabbit skins"
Frederick Lawson
c.1927
Charcoal drawing of a rack built outside a Gypsy Traveller wagon to hang rabbits that had been hunted/killed. Labelled, "Rabbit skins [indecipherable word- possibly location]."
Lenten Cover
Lyons, Michael (1943-2019)
1979
Lyons was born in Bilston in Staffordshire and studied at Wolverhampton College of Art and the University of Newcastle. He was Head of Sculpture at Manchester Metropolitan University from 1989-93. Unt...
Figures: Flamborough Head Part 1
Wright, Austin (1911-1997)
1962
This sculpture was commissioned for the Michael Sadler Building during Wright’s tenure as Gregory Fellow in Sculpture at the University. It was moved in 2009 due to building work and relocated to th...
Figures: Flamborough Head Part 2
Wright, Austin (1911-1997)
1962
This sculpture was commissioned for the Michael Sadler Building during Wright’s tenure as Gregory Fellow in Sculpture at the University. It was moved in 2009 due to building work and relocated to th...
Bench in the Park
Burt, Ramsay (1953-)
1975
After art school in Southport, Burt came to study at the University of Leeds in 1972. He remembers that Fine Art teaching then was very disciplined: students were taught to paint traditionally and did...
Silhouette of Robert Burns
Burns, Robert (1759-1796); Miers, John (1756-1821); Cotterell, John
1787
Silhouette painted on paper of Robert Burns. The words 'Mr Burns, Kilmarnock, 1787' are written in ink under the image. The silhouette is in a rosewood frame with a metal hanging ring. The frame has ...