Details of Sculptor

Surname

Walsh & Lee

Alternative Surname

First Name

of Leeds

Initial of Surname

W

Year of Birth/Baptism

Flourished

1830-60

Year of Death

Biographical Details

Perhaps connected with the rival Leeds firm, Walsh & Dunbar, they flourished 1830-60 and had premises in Waterloo Street, Leeds. Their known works are all in Yorkshire and include a large Gothic tablet to Sir John Ramsden (1) and a Hellenic wall monument to John Wilkinson (5). They were also responsible for the 15 foot high Crimean War memorial in Leeds Parish Church, which was erected by public subscription and had an image of Victory crowning a British soldier, leaning on his hand in the agony of death (6). Only the inscription tablet survives.
There are references in the Leeds Town Hall committee minutes to work by Walsh & Lee, Lee and Walsh and Dennis, Lee and Welsh, who are clearly interconnected. They read as follows: ‘26 Nov 1858. Lee and Welsh paid £33 4s for marble pedestals; 18 June 1865 Lee and Walsh paid £4 10s for a marble mantle piece; 27 Feb 1865. Dennis Lee and Welsh paid £7 15s 6d for cleaning statues; 1 Feb 1867. Dennis Lee and Welsh paid £29 9s for cleaning statues and marble’ (HMI, misc file).
Literary References: Gunnis 1968, 412; Jeavons 1960, 70