Alexander James Leslie
Born 27 November 1873
Died 12 June 1930
Active: 1900 - 1922
Country of birth and death: England
Sculptor
Born in Camberwell, London. He was the son of George Leslie (born c.1840 in Notting Hill Gate, London), grocer whose effects were valued at £3,886 14s 5d. in 1908. Alexander died in Lynton, Devon.
Wealth at death: £8,698 0s. 6d.
Resworn probate £8180 6s. 9d.
Probate date: 20 August 1930
Works
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Narcissus
1908
Locations
Address 13 High Street Camberwell London England | View on map
1900 (Circa) - 1901 (Circa)
Address 8 Weymouth Avenue Ealing London England | View on map
1903 - 1919
Also using other studio addresses in this period
Address 6 Gloucester Road Ealing London | View on map
1920 (Circa)
Address 37 Holland Park Road London England | View on map
1922 (Circa)
Studio located at 4 Studio 452 Fulham Road London England | View on map
1911 (Circa) - 1913 (Circa)
Studio located at 5 Fulham Studios Walham Green London England | View on map
1916 (Circa)
Studio located at The Studio, Parlanti's Foundry Beaumont Road London England | View on map
1920 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts (Summer Exhibition), 1768-
1901 - 1922
Exhibited 18 times, forty-two works in all (statues, statuettes, portraits and fountain group in bronze and marble)
Exhibited at Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the thirty-first (Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool), 1901
1901
Eros (cat. no. 1604, statuette, £52 10s.).
Exhibited at Franco-British Exhibition of Science, Art and Industries (London), 1908
1908
Exhibited at The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts Annual Exhibition, 1861-1951
1910 - 1920
Exhibited 4 times (an average of 2 works per show)
Exhibited at The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibition, 1826-
1912 - 1920
Exhibited at the annual exhibition 2 times: 1912 (1 work) and 1920 (3 works).
Institutional and Business Connections
Member of Royal Society of British Sculptors
1922 - 1923
Studied at Royal Academy Schools
1900 (Presumed)
In 1900, Leslie was awarded a first prize of £30 for a model of a design. See Royal Academy, 'Annual Report, 1900', (1901), p. 30.
Unsuccessful in ballot for election to Royal Academy of Arts
Personal and Professional Connections
Nominated by George James Frampton
1912 (Presumed)
For RA; cancelled nomination at an unspecified date.
Nominated by William Goscombe John
1912 (Presumed)
For RA; cancelled nomination at an unspecified date.
Nominated by William Hamo Thornycroft
1912 (Presumed)
For RA; cancelled nomination at an unspecified date.
Nominated by (Edgar) Bertram Mackennal
1912 (Presumed)
For RA; cancelled nomination at an unspecified date.
Nominated by Frederick William Pomeroy
1912 (Presumed)
For RA; cancelled nomination at an unspecified date.
Nominated by (Charles) Adrian (Scott) Stokes
1912 (Presumed)
Withdrew nomination at a later, unspecified date.
Nominated by Henry Alfred Pegram
1912 (Presumed)
For RA; nomination cancelled by Pegram at a later, unspecified date.
Descriptions of Practice
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
'Sculptor' working on own account
Occupation given in Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
'Sculptor' working on own account at home
Sources
Catalogue of the Fine Art Section,
Franco-British Exhibition,
London, 1908
1908
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2005
RG13 piece 504 folio 125 page 16
Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2011
RG14PN6897 RG78PN343A RD128 SD4 ED30 SN111
England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
2006
Alexander James Leslie
Jan-Feb-Mar 1874
Camberwell, Greater London
Vol. 1d Page 727
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966
2010
Name: Alexander James Leslie
Probate Date: 20 Aug 1930
Death Date: 12 Jun 1930
Death Place: Devon, England
Registry: London AND Name: George Leslie
Probate Date: 6 Oct 1908
Death Date: 18 Sep 1908
Death Place: Middlesex, England
Registry: London
List of Members: Royal Society of British Sculptors
2008
Royal Academy of Arts Nominations for Associateship, 1906-1927
1927
p.43.
Royal Society of British Sculptors. Annual Report of Council and Accounts For the Year ending 21 December 1922. To be Presented at the Eighteenth Ordinary General Meeting, 1923
26 February 1923
p. 3
Citing this record
'Alexander James Leslie', 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/person.php?id=msib2_1215009868, accessed 29 Sep 2023]