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Leeds
West Yorkshire Yorkshire & Humberside Calverley Street
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Boy and Girl - with the Leeds coat of arms |
Matthew Taylor & Benjamin Payler
1880 |
From the Leeds Mercury, 29 September 1881:
Entering by the principal doorway in Calverley-street, it will be noticed that in the jambs of the archway are carved full-length figures, emblematical of School Board work. They represent a boy and girl on their way to school. The work has been carefully executed, and reflects credit on the sculptor, Mr. Matthew Taylor, of Leeds
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Wikipedia writes about the boy and girl:
This pair of sculptures is known informally as Frank and Molly. The model for the sculpture of the girl was Mary Isabel Ingleby (Leeds, 1868 – Pickering, 1925). (...) In 1881 when her sculpted portrait was unveiled, she was about thirteen years old and still a scholar. The model for the sculpture of the boy was the eldest son of Matthew Taylor, who was also about thirteen years old in 1881. He was artist-sculptor Francis Bertram Taylor (1868–1950). "The figure of the boy, with hair nicely parted and carrying a slate and book ... is supposed to be the image of the sculptor's son, Mr Frances B. Taylor, who now (as of 1935) lives in retirement in Leeds ... These facts were given ... by Mrs E. Farmery ... granddaughter of Matthew Taylor."
The coat of arms is probably carved by Benjamin Payler.
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