William Ingle was an architectural sculptor in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
12 Facts About William Ingle
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William Ingle specialised in delicately undercut bas relief and small stand-alone stone sculptures of natural and imaginary flora and fauna on churches and on civic, commercial and domestic buildings.
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Notable works by William Ingle exist on Leeds Town Hall, Endcliffe Hall, Sheffield and Moorlands House, Leeds.
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William Ingle sometimes exhibited gentle humour in his ecclesiastical work, such as faces peering through greenery, and mischievous humour on secular buildings, such as comic rabbits and frogs among foliage.
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William Ingle died of tuberculosis at age 41 years, having suffered the disease for two years.
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William Ingle was the nephew of Robert and Catherine Mawer, and cousin of their son Charles Mawer.
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William Ingle was the eldest son of Robert Ingle, a corn miller at Render Mills, Bishop Thornton, and Elizabeth Ingle nee Mawer, sister of the sculptor Robert Mawer.
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William Ingle was baptised on 30 June 1828 at Bishop Thornton, West Riding of Yorkshire.
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William Ingle was a member of the Mawer Group, a closely associated group of architectural sculptors working in Leeds in the 19th century.
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Unlike the other sculptors in this group, William Ingle was never credited by personal name for his work, by contemporary newspapers and other documents; they always referred to the company Mawer and William Ingle.
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William Ingle was employed as a sculptor by master sculptor Robert Mawer from about 1849 until Robert Mawer's death in 1854, when Ingle became a master sculptor himself.
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William Ingle died aged 41 years on 26 March 1870, at 73 Portland Crescent, Leeds.