Anthony Welsh

Active: 1870 - 1891

Function: Stone and marble masons, memorial masons

History or description: The scope of the business was outlined in an advertisement in the Leeds Mercury in July 1871:

'Memorials Memorials Memorials
Granite Marble Stone

Anthony Welsh (late Lee and Welsh). Italian and British marble works. Woodhouse Lane and Cobourg Street Leeds.

Obelisks, Monuments, Broken Columns, Crosses, Tombs, Headstones and suitable palisading. A large stock at lowest possible prices.

Marble Tablets and Portrait Busts.
Marble Chimney Pieces, Stove Grates, Marble Fenders and Tiled Hearths. Slabs for Cabinet Work. Fishmonger's, Burchers' and Restaurants' Slabs indurated to prevent staining.'

An advertisement from 1881 provides a later description of the business:

'Anthony Welsh
Marble and Granite Works Woodhouse Lane Leeds,
Manufacturer by steam power and patented machinery of every description of Marble Work.

Monuments, Headstones, Crosses, Tombs, Mural Tablets etc. etc. in Granite, Marble and Stone.
Marble Headstones from £4 10s.
Pulpits, Fonts, Reredoses etc. etc.
Architects Designs carefully carried out. Price List on application.

Details about the owner, Anthony Welsh, are given in his person record.

Citing this record

'Anthony Welsh', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/organization.php?id=ann_1285696577, accessed 01 Apr 2023]