Benjamin Payler | |
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 Self-portrait of Benjamin Payler, 1874 | |
| Born | 1841 |
| Died | 16 November 1907, aged approximately 66 Leeds |
| Nationality | British |
| Notable work | Bust of Henry Richardson, 1871 Architectural sculpture on: Queen's Hotel, Barnsley, 1874 School Board bldg, Leeds, 1881 Reredos, pulpit and font in: St Barnabas, Heaton, 1889 |
| Style | Neoclassical Gothic Revival |
| Movement | Aesthetic movement Romanticism |
| Spouse | Mary Jane Lassey (1844–1919) |
Benjamin Payler (Woodhouse, Leeds 1841 – Leeds 16 November 1907),[1][2] (fl. 1871–1901), was a sculptor, stone and marble mason.[3] He was apprenticed to Catherine Mawer, alongside fellow apprentices Matthew Taylor and Catherine's son Charles Mawer. He formed a business partnership at 50 Great George Street with Charles Mawer in 1881. There is no known record of Charles after that. Payler continued to run the business there under his own name. In his day, he was noted for his 1871 bust of Henry Richardson, the first Mayor of Barnsley, his keystone heads on the 1874 Queen's Hotel in the same town, and his architectural sculpture on George Corson's 1881 School Board offices, Leeds. Payler was a member of the Mawer Group, which included the above-mentioned sculptors, plus William Ingle.
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- ^ Mapping the practice and profession of sculpture: Benjamin Payler