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Image shows one of a set of 'Six Etchings of the Streets of Leeds' by S.Wagstaff. It shows a horse-drawn wagon in Albion Street, seen from the junction with Guildford Street in the foreground. Guildford Street eventually became part of The Headrow. The view looks down Albion Street to Holy Trinity Church located in Boar Lane. Samuel Wagstaff was active as an artist in the 1870s and 80s and his premises are listed in Porter's Leeds & Neighbourhood Directory for 1872 at the address of number 48 Bedford Place in the city centre. The 1871 and 1881 censuses show him as living with his family in Ilkley at number 5 Kingston Place. His occupation is given as 'Artist landscape painter' and he was born in Blubberhouses. His wife , Betsy, was from Lincolnshire but their daughter, Gertrude, was born in Nottinghamshire and two sons, Leonard and William, were both born in Ilkley. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Guildford Street etching Boar Lane Albion Street Holy Trinity Church | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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