Staff at one of Leeds’ oldest and most-loved pubs have recreated a historic image which is set to feature at a new exhibition.

Maurice de Sausmarez's 1955 painting of the bar at the Leeds pub is part of a new exhibition looking at the life of the Australian-born artist, who had a huge impact on the arts scene in the city in the mid 20th century.

University of Leeds Cultural Collections Associate Curator Dr RJ Wade, General Manager of Whitelock's Beth Templeton, and University of Leeds Cultural Collections Literary Archivist Sarah Prescott have all taken part in a photoshoot to recreate his 1955 painting of the bar at the Leeds pub.

de Sausmarez studied painting at the Royal College of Art before the Second World War and began teaching at Leeds College of Art in 1948.

He went on to become the first Head of the new Department of Fine Art at the University of Leeds, where he was in post from 1950-59.

It was during this period of nearly ten years that de Sausmarez was at the forefront of the drive to create a new model of art education that combined practical skills with art history and theory.

One of his pictures included staff at the famous Leeds boozer as they worked away behind the bar.

The atmospheric image is a seminal piece of work which is on show in the city.

A Continuous Circulation: Artists and Art Education in mid-century Leeds is at the Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, University of Leeds until May 9.