Lee & Welsh
Other names: Dennis Lee & Welsh, Walsh and Lee
Active: 1851 - 1870
Function: Marble masons and statuaries
History or description: A number of funerary monuments, statues and busts by Lee and Welsh in the Leeds area and dating from 1852-57 are listed in Roscoe (2009). The partnership was dissolved on 22 June 1870. Lee retired to Guernsey but died soon afterwards in 1873. Welsh continued to trade under his own name. Personal details for the two partners are given in their individual records.
Employees, Students & Members
Numbers: 46
Period Start: 1861
Works
Dates are usually the year a work was exhibited so may differ from date of production.
New entries have been made each time a work was exhibited due to a lack of evidence about the state, medium or edition shown.
Created Crimean War Memorial, Leeds
1859 (Circa)
Locations
Address 62 Victoria Road Holbeck Leeds | View on map
Address 156 Woodhouse Lane Coburg Street Leeds | View on map
1851 (Circa) - 1866 (Circa)
Institutional and Business Connections
Succeeded by Anthony Welsh
22 June 1870 (Circa)
Partnership formally dissolved (London Gazette, 18 April 1871, Issue number: 23729, p.1950).
Worked for Leeds Town Hall Committee
1858 (Circa) - 1867 (Circa)
The Committee employed Lee and Welsh on several occasions to provide plinths and clean statues
Associated People
Partners included Dennis Lee
1851 (Circa) - 1866 (Circa)
Partners included Anthony Welsh
1851 (Circa) - 1866 (Circa)
Sources
A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660-1851
2009
p. 732
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861
2004
Class: RG9; Piece: 3394; Folio: 110; Page: 30; GSU roll: 543125
Slade & Roebuck's Directory of the Borough and Neighbourhood of Leeds, 1851
1851
p. 519
The Builder, Vol. 17, 2 July 1859
2 July 1859
p. 438
The Leeds Mercury
Advertisements & Notices .
The Leeds Mercury (Leeds, England), Wednesday, July 26, 1871; Issue 10387 (accessed 28 September 2010)
The London Gazette
Date: 6 July 1860 Issue number: 22401 Page number: 2561 AND Date:
3 July 1863
Issue number:
22750
Page number:
3351 AND Date:
18 April 1871
Issue number:
23729
Page number:
1950
White's Directory and Topography of the Boroughs of Leeds and Bradford, 1861
1861
p. 330
Citing this record
'Lee & 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=msib5_1213898320, accessed 01 Apr 2023]
