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Joseph Appleyard (1908-1960) was a painter and draughtsman specialising in sporting, animal and landscape subjects. He studied during evenings between 1925–32 at Leeds College of Art. Exhibited widely in Yorkshire, having one-man shows in Leeds, where he lived at Far Headingley. Appleyard had his work reproduced in Yorkshire newspapers and magazines, gaining a reputation as a horse painter, and he became honorary secretary of the Yorkshire Group of Artists. Newcastle upon Tyne and Wakefield art galleries hold his work.
"On the Canal, Rodley" is a watercolour measuring 11"x 15". It is signed lower right and is inscribed on the back with title "On the Canal, Rodley".
