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The old Queens Hotel, Leeds, England. Designed by Perkin & Backhouse for the Midland Railway, it was opened in 1863, and demolished in 1935. It featured exterior stone carving by Matthew Taylor.

Showing a keystone by Matthew Taylor, which was fixed above the entrance door. It features a locomotive whose design date is 1850-1870. As the loco exits the tunnel, the steam curls upwards from the funnel, than curls around the outside of the tunnel. The tunnel entrance and locomotive face to the right, so that when in situ the observer would have to move to the right to see the front of the loco. The carving is painted in terracotta, black and white (not brilliant white); the paint probably dates from before 1935, the date of demolition. In this carving, Taylor has adapted his technique for carving hair (on top of the tunnel) and for carving acanthus leaves (down the side of the tunnel), to create the curls of the steam.

The Keystone was acquired by Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills, Leeds, in 1973, ref. no. LEEDSM.S.1973.0012.A. It is carved from sandstone, and measures 50 x 40 x 60cm (museum documents say it is cast, but it is not; it is carved).
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