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===Ivanhoe clock, Thornton's Arcade, Leeds, 1878===
===Ivanhoe clock, Thornton's Arcade, Leeds, 1878===
This is an [[Automaton|automated]] clock manufactured by [[Potts of Leeds]] to strike on the hour and each quarter.<ref name="Leodis JWA info" /> Appleyard created the four life-sized characters of [[Richard I of England|Richard I]], [[Friar Tuck]], [[Robin Hood]] and the [[swineherd]] Gurth.{{refn|Gurth is a character in [[Ivanhoe]]|group=nb}} The Arcade's founder Charles Thornton already owned the [[music hall]] which later became the [[Leeds City Varieties|City Varieties]], so these are [[pantomime]] figures.<ref name="NLL Jun 2016" />
This is an [[Automaton|automated]] clock manufactured by [[Potts of Leeds]] to strike on the hour and each quarter.<ref name="Leodis JWA info" /> Appleyard created the four life-sized characters of [[Richard I of England|Richard I]], [[Friar Tuck]], [[Robin Hood]] and the [[swineherd]] Gurth.{{refn|Gurth is a character in Scott's ''[[Ivanhoe]]''|group=nb}}{{refn|The Ivanhoe clock was painted in the 1940s. See this photo of the painters inside the clock, demonstrating the relative size of Appleyard's figures: [https://img.playbuzz.com/image/upload/c_crop,h_1187,w_889,x_57,y_190/q_auto:good,f_auto,fl_lossy,w_640,c_limit/v1488195759/lvv5kgazzief9v1rhjw9.jpg ''Yorkshire Evening Post'', 27 February 2017: Five things, Thornton's Arcade, Leeds]|group=nb}} The Arcade's founder Charles Thornton already owned the [[music hall]] which later became the [[Leeds City Varieties|City Varieties]], so these are [[pantomime]] figures.<ref name="NLL Jun 2016" />


* {{Commons category inline|Thornton's Arcade clock}}
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{{Commons category|John Wormald Appleyard}}
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* [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/26505/page/2267/data.pdf ''The London Gazette'', 20 April 1894, p.2267: John Wormald Appleyard, deceased]
* [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/26505/page/2267/data.pdf ''The London Gazette'', 20 April 1894, p.2267: John Wormald Appleyard, deceased]
* [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Thornton%27s_Arcade Category:Thornton's Arcade]
* [https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/five-things-thornton-s-arcade-leeds-1-8411856 ''Yorkshire Evening Post'' 27 February 2017: 5 things, Thornton's Arcade Leeds]
* [https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/five-things-thornton-s-arcade-leeds-1-8411856 ''Yorkshire Evening Post'' 27 February 2017: 5 things, Thornton's Arcade Leeds]


Revision as of 17:42, 31 January 2019

JWA (1831–1894)

Background

His father was Jabez Appleyard (1806–1870),[1] a size-boiler for the preparation of wool, and his mother was Jane. They had nine children. John, the eldest, was born in 1831 at School Close, Leeds. The family moved to Drighlington and Farsley. In 1851, after completing his apprenticeship, he moved to Hirst Square off St James Street, on the site of the present Leeds Civic Hall. In 1853 he married the widow Eliza Whiteley (1824–1889).[2][3] He died in 1894,[4] and was buried at Burmantofts Cemetery.[nb 1][5]

Career

Appleyard was apprenticed in Drighlington at nine years old to his maternal grandfather Abraham Wormald, a mason. At this yard he was permitted to concentrate on carving. He completed his apprenticeship in 1851, and plied his trade as a "sculptor, stone and marble mason and monumental mason" until 1891.[6] By 1871 he had a workshop producing sculpture and designs in Cookridge Street, Leeds, next door to architect George Corson, and he remained there until at least 1891.[5][7][8][9]

Works

Exhibitions, 1875-1891

At the Leeds Mechanics' Institution, Yorkshire Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures in 1875 he exhibited "several marble sculptures."[5][10] At the Yorkshire Fine Art Society, Autumn Exhibition, 1880, he showed Sabrina.[11] In 1889 he entered a Medallion Portrait of Lady Jane Grey at the Leeds City Art Gallery, The Spring Exhibition.[12] His The Elements was exhibited at the same spring exhibition in 1890,[13] and again in spring 1891.[14] Other exhibited pieces were Head of Christ, Neptune, Portrait, Medallion Portrait of Mozart and Head of Mozart 1880.[6]

Dyson's Tempus Fugit clock, Time Ball Buildings, Leeds, after 1872

This is a cantilevered clock suspended from the front of Time Ball Buildings, Leeds. It was created after Dyson bought the building in 1872, and Appleyard executed the figure of Father Time above the clock.[15]

Ivanhoe clock, Thornton's Arcade, Leeds, 1878

This is an automated clock manufactured by Potts of Leeds to strike on the hour and each quarter.[16] Appleyard created the four life-sized characters of Richard I, Friar Tuck, Robin Hood and the swineherd Gurth.[nb 2][nb 3] The Arcade's founder Charles Thornton already owned the music hall which later became the City Varieties, so these are pantomime figures.[5]

Medallion heads, Thornton's Arcade, 1878

It is possible that Appleyard carved the medallion portrait heads at either end of Thornton's Arcade, since he made the clock figures in the same pantomime style. The head on the exterior, above the door at the Briggate end, is a likeness of Gainsborough's Duchess of Devonshire which was stolen in the year when the arcade was built.[16]

Central Library interior, Leeds, 1884

This is a listed building,[17] designed by George Corson and completed in April 1884.[18] Appleyard was in charge of the stone carvers who worked on the interior staircases, pillars and arches. His name and Corson's are engraved on a roundel on the wall of the entrance hall.[5]

Media related to Interior of Leeds Central Library‎ at Wikimedia Commons

Drinking Fountain, Roundhay Park, 1882

Appleyard executed the carving on this domed fountain before it was donated by the founder of the public park, Sir John Barran.[5]

Media related to Barran's Fountain at Wikimedia Commons

Window, St John the Evangelist, Farsley, ca.1894

The crucifixion design for this window was found in Appleyard's studio after his death. It was possibly intended in memory of his parents who are buried there.[5] The windows were restored in 2015.[19]

Media related to St John's Church, Farsley at Wikimedia Commons

Grand Theatre, Leeds, 1877–1878

The Grand Theatre in Upper Briggate, Leeds, is a Grade II* listed building,[20] designed by George Corson and his chief assistant James Robinson Watson, and opened in November 1878. It originally consisted of a theatre and assembly rooms, with shops in between. The interiors have been much changed, especially in the 1930s.[20] Appleyard carried out sculpture inside this combination building.[16]

Notes

  1. ^ Burmantofts Cemetery is also known as Beckett Street Cemetery or Leeds Burial Ground. See Find a Grave: Beckett Street Cemetery
  2. ^ Gurth is a character in Scott's Ivanhoe
  3. ^ The Ivanhoe clock was painted in the 1940s. See this photo of the painters inside the clock, demonstrating the relative size of Appleyard's figures: Yorkshire Evening Post, 27 February 2017: Five things, Thornton's Arcade, Leeds

References

  1. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 31 January 2019. Deaths Sep 1870 Appleyard Jabez 64 Bradford, Yorks 9b 183
  2. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 31 January 2019. Deaths Sep 1889 Appleyard Eliza 65 Leeds 9b 358
  3. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 31 January 2019. Marriages Dec 1853 Appleyard John Wormald, and Eliza Whiteley Leeds 9b 412
  4. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 31 January 2019. Deaths Mar 1894 Appleyard John Wormald 62 Leeds 9b 317
  5. ^ a b c d e f g North Leeds Life, June 2016, pp8-9: They lived in Leeds, by Eveleigh Bradford
  6. ^ a b Mapping Sculpture: John Wormald Appleyard
  7. ^ McCorquodale & Co.'s Topographical and Commercial Directory of Leeds and Neighbourhood, 1876, p. 436
  8. ^ Kelly's Directory of Leeds and Neighbourhood, 1881, p. 416
  9. ^ Slater's Royal National Commercial Directory of the West Riding of Yorkshire, 1891, p. 331
  10. ^ Catalogue of the Yorkshire Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures, Leeds, 1875, Cat. Nos. G20, G21, G22, p. 288
  11. ^ Catalogue of the Autumn Exhibition (Yorkshire Fine Art Society, Leeds) 1880, Cat. Nos. 514, 519, 521, pp. 54, 55, i, and Catalogue of the First Spring Exhibition 1880, Cat. No. 775, pp. 67, i
  12. ^ Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1889, Cat. Nos. Cases E, F, p. 88
  13. ^ Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1890, Cat. No. Case E, p. 100
  14. ^ Catalogue of the Spring Exhibition, The City Art Gallery, Leeds 1891, Cat. No. Case ThisJ-A, p. 91
  15. ^ Yorkshire Evening Post, undated: Time has moved on for 'Leeds Clock', by Katie Baldwin
  16. ^ a b c Leodis: Thornton's Arcade image and information about Appleyard
  17. ^ Historic England: Municipal Buildings, including city museum, public library and attached railings, no.1255783
  18. ^ Leeds Mercury, Saturday 12 April 1884 p3 col1: Leeds Municipal Buildings
  19. ^ West Leeds Dispatch, 21 July 2015: Farsley church window restoration helps preserve village history
  20. ^ a b Grand Theatre including former assembly rooms 1375219
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