Shere Church, Surrey
Benjamin Williams Leader (1831-1923)
c.1890-1923
Oil on canvas
H 61 x W 51 cm
Collection: Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Accession number, WAG 1475
Gift from George Audley, 1925
This was Leader's local church in Surrey, and the one where he and his wife would both be buried, along with three of his daughters. Although Worcester rightly claims Leader as its son (he was given the freedom of the city there in 1914, see Wood 101), Surrey was also very dear to his heart.
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