Leeds through the ages

Artists featured in this Curation: Jacob Kramer (1892–1962), Charles Ginner (1878–1952), Mary Lord (b.1931), Norman Ackroyd (1938–2024), K. Richards, Elspie Langdon-Down (1898–1987), Henry Pether (1800–1880), Peter Lapish (b.1937), John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836–1893), Dennis Creffield (1931–2018), and 38 more See all

83 artworks

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The Day of Atonement 1919
Jacob Kramer (1892–1962)
Oil on canvas
H 99 x W 121.9 cm
Leeds Museums and Galleries

© estate of John David Roberts. By courtesy of the William Roberts Society. Image credit: Bridgeman Images
Leeds Canal 1914
Charles Ginner (1878–1952)
Oil on canvas
H 73.6 x W 58.4 cm
Leeds Museums and Galleries

Image credit: Bridgeman Images
Morning in Leeds from the Hilton Hotel 1995
Mary Lord (b.1931)
Oil on paper
H 54.6 x W 75.3 cm
Leeds Museums and Galleries

© the artist. Image credit: Leeds Museums and Galleries
A View of Leeds 1979
Norman Ackroyd (1938–2024)
Oil on canvas
H 188 x W 159 cm
Leeds Museums and Galleries

© the artist's estate. Image credit: Leeds Museums and Galleries
Town Street, Beeston, Leeds 1972
K. Richards
Oil on canvas
H 43 x W 65 cm
Beeston Library

© the copyright holder. Image credit: Beeston Library
Interior View of Kirkgate Market, 1930/1931 1930s
Elspie Langdon-Down (1898–1987)
Oil on canvas
H 50.3 x W 68.5 cm
Abbey House and Leeds City Museum

© the artist's estate. Image credit: Abbey House and Leeds City Museum
Morning, with a View of Kirkstall Abbey c.1850
Henry Pether (1800–1880) (attributed to)
Oil on canvas
H 61 x W 91.4 cm
Abbey House and Leeds City Museum

Image credit: Abbey House and Leeds City Museum
John Dyson & Sons, Jeweller 1980s
Peter Lapish (b.1937)
Acrylic on board
H 76 x W 61 cm
Abbey House and Leeds City Museum

© the artist. Image credit: Abbey House and Leeds City Museum
Park Row, Leeds 1882
John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836–1893)
Oil on canvas
H 76.2 x W 63.5 cm
Leeds Museums and Galleries

Image credit: Bridgeman Images
Tree Shadows on the Park Wall, Roundhay, Leeds 1872
John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836–1893)
Oil on wood
H 52.7 x W 45.1 cm
Leeds Museums and Galleries

Image credit: Bridgeman Images
Leeds, from the Roof of the University 1965
Dennis Creffield (1931–2018)
Oil on canvas
H 91.4 x W 101.6 cm
Leeds Museums and Galleries

© the artist's estate. Image credit: Bridgeman Images
Kirkstall Abbey Ruin 19th C
British (English Naïve) School
Oil on panel
H 24 x W 30 cm
Abbey House and Leeds City Museum

Image credit: Abbey House and Leeds City Museum
Kirkgate Market 1931
Elspie Langdon-Down (1898–1987)
Oil on canvas
H 36.9 x W 46 cm
Abbey House and Leeds City Museum

© the artist's estate. Image credit: Abbey House and Leeds City Museum
Kirkstall Abbey
British (English Naïve) School
Oil on canvas
H 57 x W 70.5 cm
Abbey House and Leeds City Museum

Image credit: Abbey House and Leeds City Museum
Boar Lane at Night
Wilfred Jenkins (1857–1936)
Oil on canvas
H 30 x W 46 cm
Abbey House and Leeds City Museum

Image credit: Abbey House and Leeds City Museum
Kirkstall Abbey c.1800
Joseph Rhodes (1782–1854) (attributed to)
Oil on panel
H 27.6 x W 39.3 cm
Abbey House and Leeds City Museum

Image credit: Abbey House and Leeds City Museum
Armley House and Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds
Charles Henry Schwanfelder (1774–1837)
Oil on canvas
H 88 x W 120.5 cm
Government Art Collection

Image credit: Government Art Collection
Hall Houses, Bramley, near Leeds 1875
W. G. Turner
Oil on board
H 30.6 x W 45.9 cm
Armley Mills, Leeds Industrial Museum

Image credit: Armley Mills, Leeds Industrial Museum
The Original Oak at Night, in Headingley
Walter Linsley Meegan (1859–1944) (attributed to)
Oil on board
H 31.8 x W 26.5 cm
Abbey House and Leeds City Museum

Image credit: Abbey House and Leeds City Museum
Leeds Metropolitan District Council (1975–1976) 1976
Trevor Stubley (1932–2010)
Oil on canvas
H 61 x W 91.5 cm
Leeds Civic Collection

© the artist's estate. Image credit: Leeds Civic Collection
Leeds City Trams
British School
Oil on board
H 46 x W 68 cm
Armley Mills, Leeds Industrial Museum

Image credit: Armley Mills, Leeds Industrial Museum
Moot Hall, Leeds
British School
Oil on canvas
H 51 x W 61 cm
Armley Mills, Leeds Industrial Museum

Image credit: Armley Mills, Leeds Industrial Museum
Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds
Stephen Chaplin (b.1934)
Oil on canvas
H 253.5 x W 181.5 cm
The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, University of Leeds

© the artist. Image credit: The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, University of Leeds
Birch and Bracken, Adel Moor, Leeds
William Edwin Tindall (1863–1938)
Oil on canvas
H 76 x W 51 cm
Heritage Doncaster

Image credit: Heritage Doncaster
Vicar Lane 1985
Peter Lapish (b.1937)
Oil & acrylic on board
H 60.8 x W 76 cm
Abbey House and Leeds City Museum

© the artist. Image credit: Abbey House and Leeds City Museum
Highstead Farm, Leeds 1898
E. Proctor
Oil on canvas
H 40 x W 55 cm
Dover Collections

Image credit: Dover Collections
Moot Hall, Leeds 1825
Joseph Rhodes (1782–1854)
Oil on canvas
H 70 x W 95.5 cm
Abbey House and Leeds City Museum

Image credit: Abbey House and Leeds City Museum
Moot Hall, Leeds
British School
Oil on canvas
H 51 x W 69 cm
Abbey House and Leeds City Museum

Image credit: Abbey House and Leeds City Museum
Leeds City Art Gallery 1993
Jane Sands
Oil on canvas
H 56 x W 81 cm
Dudley Museums Service

© the copyright holder. Image credit: Dudley Museums Service
Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds mid-19th C
British School
Oil on canvas
H 63.5 x W 76.5 cm
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum

Image credit: Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
Kirkstall Abbey 1952
Arthur Pawson
Oil on canvas
H 31 x W 45.1 cm
Abbey House and Leeds City Museum

© the copyright holder. Image credit: Abbey House and Leeds City Museum
Dial Terrace, Leeds 1970s
Christopher Hall (1930–2016)
Oil or acrylic on canvas (?)
H 29.5 x W 35.8 cm
Bangor University

© the artist's estate. Image credit: Bangor University
Park Row, Leeds 1880s
Wilfred Jenkins (1857–1936)
Oil on canvas
H 51 x W 76 cm
Abbey House and Leeds City Museum

Image credit: Abbey House and Leeds City Museum
Kirkstall Abbey from the South East late 18th C
British School
Oil on canvas
H 78 x W 138 cm
Abbey House and Leeds City Museum

Image credit: Abbey House and Leeds City Museum
Briggate, Leeds 1891
John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836–1893)
Oil on canvas
H 30.5 x W 45.6 cm
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council

Image credit: Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds
Thomas Girtin (1775–1802) (after)
Watercolour on paper
H 34.5 x W 51.5 cm
Gallery Oldham

Image credit: Gallery Oldham
The Barges, Leeds 1916
Charles Ginner (1878–1952)
Oil on canvas
H 51 x W 68.5 cm
Southampton City Art Gallery

Image credit: Southampton City Art Gallery
Sunday Night, Knostrop Cut, Leeds 1893
John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836–1893)
Oil on board
H 19 x W 39.5 cm
Leeds Museums and Galleries

Image credit: Bridgeman Images
Local Landscape
Harold Newman (b.1912)
Oil on board
H 20.3 x W 26.5 cm
Leeds Museums and Galleries

© the copyright holder. Image credit: Leeds Museums and Galleries
View of Temple Newsam House, Leeds c.1752
Thomas Chapman (d.1768) and John Bouttats (1712–after 1768) (attributed to)
Oil on canvas
H 88.9 x W 170.2 cm
Leeds Museums and Galleries

Image credit: Bridgeman Images
Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds
Joseph Skelton (1860–1901)
Oil on canvas
H 37.9 x W 53.4 cm
Laing Art Gallery

Image credit: Laing Art Gallery
View over Leeds c.1960
John Piper (1903–1992)
Oil on canvas
H 106.5 x W 152.5 cm
Government Art Collection

© the Piper Estate / DACS 2025. Image credit: Government Art Collection
Mural Panel (Leeds and Liverpool Short Boats) 1988
Tony Lewery (b.1941)
Oil on plywood
H 130 x W 214 cm
Gloucester Waterways Museum

© the artist. Image credit: Gloucester Waterways Museum
Kirkgate Market 1930s
Elspie Langdon-Down (1898–1987)
Oil on canvas
H 36.9 x W 46 cm
Abbey House and Leeds City Museum

© the artist's estate. Image credit: Abbey House and Leeds City Museum
Kirkgate Market 1930s
Elspie Langdon-Down (1898–1987)
Oil on canvas
H 46 x W 36.9 cm
Abbey House and Leeds City Museum

© the artist's estate. Image credit: Abbey House and Leeds City Museum
Kirkgate Market 1930s
Elspie Langdon-Down (1898–1987)
Oil on canvas
H 46 x W 36.9 cm
Abbey House and Leeds City Museum

© the artist's estate. Image credit: Abbey House and Leeds City Museum
Redcote Bridge, Armley, By Moonlight
Walter Linsley Meegan (1859–1944)
Oil on canvas
H 40.2 x W 60 cm
Abbey House and Leeds City Museum

Image credit: Abbey House and Leeds City Museum
Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds
Joseph Rhodes (1782–1854)
Oil on canvas
H 68.6 x W 94.6 cm
Abbey House and Leeds City Museum

Image credit: Abbey House and Leeds City Museum
John Charles 1955–1960
unknown artist
Acrylic on card
H 36.5 x W 26 cm
National Football Museum

© the copyright holder. Image credit: National Football Museum
Kirkgate Market 1930s
Elspie Langdon-Down (1898–1987)
Oil on canvas
H 36.9 x W 46 cm
Abbey House and Leeds City Museum

© the artist's estate. Image credit: Abbey House and Leeds City Museum
Summer View at Killingbeck Hospital, Leeds 1998
Roy Thomas Johansen (b.1948)
Oil on canvas
H 60 x W 90.5 cm
The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

© the artist. Image credit: The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Millennium Square, Leeds 2002
John Byrne (b.1961)
Oil on board
H 40.8 x W 52.5 cm
Leeds Civic Collection

© the artist. Image credit: Leeds Civic Collection
View of Kirkstall Abbey from the South East 1738
Johann Baptiste Bouttats (c.1680–1743) (attributed to)
Oil on canvas
H 52 x W 118.3 cm
Abbey House and Leeds City Museum

Image credit: Abbey House and Leeds City Museum
November Morning, Knostrop Hall, Leeds 1883
John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836–1893)
Oil on canvas
H 61 x W 86.4 cm
Shipley Art Gallery

Image credit: Shipley Art Gallery
Commercial Street, Leeds c.1910
Mark Senior (1864–1927)
Oil on canvas
H 63.3 x W 50.8 cm
Leeds Museums and Galleries

Image credit: Bridgeman Images
Leeds Bridge 1880
John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836–1893)
Oil on canvas
H 74.9 x W 121.9 cm
Leeds Museums and Galleries

Image credit: Bridgeman Images
Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds, from the West
Joseph Rhodes (1782–1854)
Oil on canvas
H 43.2 x W 61 cm
Leeds Museums and Galleries

Image credit: Leeds Museums and Galleries
The Mill, Sunday Morning
Peter Brook (1927–2009)
Oil on canvas
H 60 x W 90 cm
Leeds Museums and Galleries

© the artist's estate. Image credit: Leeds Museums and Galleries
The Dyeworks, Rawdon, Leeds
Ernest Forbes (1880–1962)
Oil on canvas
H 76.2 x W 63.3 cm
Leeds Museums and Galleries

© the copyright holder. Image credit: Bridgeman Images
The Old Moot Hall, Leeds 1825
Joseph Rhodes (1782–1854)
Oil on canvas
H 70.5 x W 94.9 cm
Leeds Museums and Galleries

Image credit: Bridgeman Images
Three Little Lads from Leeds
John Langton (b.1932)
Oil on canvas
H 79.2 x W 89.5 cm
Leeds Museums and Galleries

© the artist. Image credit: Leeds Museums and Galleries
Tingley Gasworks, Leeds 1964
Edna Lumb (1931–1992)
Oil on canvas
H 46 x W 71 cm
Leeds Museums and Galleries

© the copyright holder. Image credit: Bridgeman Images
Interior, Rutland Lodge, Potternewton, Leeds: Vista through Open Doors 1920
Patrick William Adam (1854–1929)
Oil on canvas
H 67.3 x W 45.7 cm
Leeds Museums and Galleries

Image credit: Bridgeman Images
Kirkstall Abbey by Moonlight
Walter Linsley Meegan (1859–1944)
Oil on canvas
H 50.7 x W 76.6 cm
Abbey House and Leeds City Museum

Image credit: Abbey House and Leeds City Museum
Vesper Gate, Kirkstall Abbey 1906
Joseph Lye (active 1889–1906)
Oil on canvas on board
H 43 x W 30 cm
Abbey House and Leeds City Museum

Image credit: Abbey House and Leeds City Museum
Kirkstall Abbey from the South East c.1780
Charles Nicholson (active c.1750–1780)
Oil on canvas
H 65.5 x W 101.5 cm
Abbey House and Leeds City Museum

Image credit: Abbey House and Leeds City Museum
Iron Bridge, Leeds
Marjorie Blackwood
Oil on board
H 41 x W 58.6 cm
Abbey House and Leeds City Museum

Image credit: Abbey House and Leeds City Museum
Armley Mills 1980s
Peter Lapish (b.1937)
Acrylic on board
H 50.9 x W 76 cm
Abbey House and Leeds City Museum

© the artist. Image credit: Abbey House and Leeds City Museum
Kirkstall Abbey from the East 1825
Joseph Rhodes (1782–1854)
Oil on board
H 34.9 x W 30.5 cm
Abbey House and Leeds City Museum

Image credit: Abbey House and Leeds City Museum
University Entrance 2001
Stephen Chaplin (b.1934)
Oil on board
H 50.5 x W 60.8 cm
The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, University of Leeds

© the artist. Image credit: The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, University of Leeds
Leeds, from the Roof of the University 1965
Dennis Creffield (1931–2018)
Oil on canvas
H 101 x W 126.3 cm
Ferens Art Gallery

© the artist's estate. Image credit: Ferens Art Gallery
Kirkstall Abbey from the North West 1889
Joseph Lye (active 1889–1906)
Oil on canvas
H 41 x W 51 cm
Abbey House and Leeds City Museum

Image credit: Abbey House and Leeds City Museum
Kirkgate Market 1930s
Elspie Langdon-Down (1898–1987)
Oil on canvas
H 46 x W 36.9 cm
Abbey House and Leeds City Museum

© the artist's estate. Image credit: Abbey House and Leeds City Museum
Kirkgate Market 1930s
Elspie Langdon-Down (1898–1987)
Oil on canvas
H 36.9 x W 46 cm
Abbey House and Leeds City Museum

© the artist's estate. Image credit: Abbey House and Leeds City Museum
Kirkgate Market 1930s
Elspie Langdon-Down (1898–1987)
Oil on canvas
H 36.9 x W 46 cm
Abbey House and Leeds City Museum

© the artist's estate. Image credit: Abbey House and Leeds City Museum
Kirkstall Abbey by Moonlight
Walter Linsley Meegan (1859–1944)
Oil on canvas
H 50.7 x W 76.6 cm
Abbey House and Leeds City Museum

Image credit: Abbey House and Leeds City Museum
Prospect of Leeds c.1798–1800
Nathan Theodore Fielding (1746/1747–1819) (attributed to)
Oil on canvas
H 70.5 x W 129.5 cm
Abbey House and Leeds City Museum

Image credit: Abbey House and Leeds City Museum
Canal Gardens in Spring (Roundhay Park, Leeds) 1993
Judith Cain (b.1944)
Acrylic & oil on gesso
H 106.5 x W 114.5 cm
The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, University of Leeds

© the artist. Image credit: The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, University of Leeds
North East Prospect of Kirkstall Abbey 1738
Johann Baptiste Bouttats (c.1680–1743) (attributed to)
Oil on canvas
H 150 x W 112.5 cm
Abbey House and Leeds City Museum

Image credit: Abbey House and Leeds City Museum
Leeds Market c.1913
Harold Gilman (1876–1919)
Oil on canvas
H 50.8 x W 61 cm
Tate

Image credit: Tate
Moonlight Scene near Leeds 1881
John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836–1893)
Oil on board
H 34.2 x W 44.7 cm
Kirklees Museums and Galleries

Image credit: Kirklees Museums and Galleries
5th Royal Tank Regiment 1965
Alfred Reginald Thomson (1894–1979)
Oil on board
H 108.5 x W 140 cm
Leeds Civic Collection

© the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. Image credit: Leeds Civic Collection
Boar Lane, Leeds 1881
John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836–1893)
Oil on canvas
H 61.2 x W 91.6 cm
Leeds Museums and Galleries

Image credit: Bridgeman Images