Matthew Taylor (sculptor), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Matthew Taylor (sculptor)

English architectural sculptor

Date of Birth: 02-Feb-1837

Place of Birth: Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 09-Jul-1889

Profession: stonemason, sculptor

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Matthew Taylor (Leeds 2 February 1837– Arthington 9 July 1889) (fl.
1861–1889) was a sculptor based in Leeds and Arthington, West Yorkshire, England.
He was apprenticed to Catherine Mawer, and was known in his day for bust, medallion and relief portraits, and statues.
He exhibited some of these in Leeds Art Gallery during the last decade of his life.
Between 1861 and 1876 he worked in partnership with Benjamin Burstall (1835–1876); they executed the sculpture on the Town Hall at Bolton in Greater Manchester.
After Taylor's death, in 1905 his work received further recognition when Reverend W.T.
Adey praised his carving on William Taylor's gravestone at Woodhouse Cemetery, Leeds, and named it the "Angler's Tomb." That work is now a listed monument.
Taylor was a member of the Mawer Group, which included the above-mentioned sculptors, plus Robert Mawer, Charles Mawer, Benjamin Payler and William Ingle.