Alexander James Leslie

Works

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Dolce Far Niente

Narcissus
1908

Locations

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Address 13 High Street Camberwell London | View on map
1900 (Circa) - 1901 (Circa)

Address 8 Weymouth Avenue Ealing London | 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 | View on map
1922 (Circa)

Studio located at 4 Studio 452 Fulham Road London | View on map
1911 (Circa) - 1913 (Circa)

Studio located at 5 Fulham Studios Walham Green London | View on map
1916 (Circa)

Studio located at The Studio, Parlanti's Foundry Beaumont Road London | 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

Annual Report from the Council of The Royal Academy to the General Assembly of Academicians for the Year 1900, 1901 Royal Academy Annual Reports
1901
p. 30.

Autumn exhibition of modern pictures in oil and water-colours: the thirty-first, 1901 Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1901
p. 48

Catalogue of the Fine Art Section, Franco-British Exhibition, London, 1908
1908

Census Returns of England and Wales, 1901
2001
RG13 piece 504 folio 125 page 16

Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
2009
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 Exhibitors 1905-70: A Dictionary of Artists and their Work in the Summer Exhibitions of the Royal Academy of Arts Vol. V LAWR-SHER
1981
pp. 23-4

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

Royal Society of British Sculptors. Annual Report of Council and Accounts For the Year ending 31 December 1923. To be Presented at the Twentieth Ordinary General Meeting, 1924
1924
p. 8.

The Royal Academy of Arts: a complete dictionary of contributors and their work from its foundation in 1769 to 1904. Vol. 5: Lawrence to Nye
1906
p. 38

The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1861-1989. Volume 3, L-P. A Dictionary of Exhibitors at the Annual Exhibitions of the Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1991 The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1861-1989
1991
p. 37

The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibitors 1826-1990: A dictionary of artists and their work in the Annual Exhibitions of the Royal Scottish Academy. Volume 3, L-Q
1991
p.41