Joseph Bentley Leyland

Joseph Bentley Leyland (1811–1851) was a sculptor from Halifax, England.

[1] Joseph was a good friend of Branwell Brontë.

He was often in debt and died an alcoholic three years after Branwell.

[citation needed] [2] Leyland introduced Bronte to an active artistic social group in Halifax.

[citation needed] Media related to Joseph Bentley Leyland at Wikimedia Commons

Joseph Bentley Leyland by William Overend Geller, after Thomas Henry Illidge .
Leyland's effigy of Stephen Beckwith, in York Minster