Watercolour reconstruction of Liverpool's Herculaneum Pottery works: Toxteth Park. The date c.1815. Opened 1793/4 and closed in 1841 - to later become the site of Harrington Dock.
The work is in part based on material in the excellent blog of Jim Kenny. https://t.co/WTnPci52Mm
Every time you use the River Mersey Ferry, the King profits, an investigation by Dispatches and @thetimes reveals.
The Duchy of Lancaster, which owns the coastline from Barrow to the River Mersey, charges the publicly-owned ferry a yearly fee for mooring at a pier on Duchy land.
Brownlow Hill at Mount Pleasant, 1940s and 2024
This was a watercolour by Allan P Tankard (1897-1964), likely from just after the war, and there is more information about Mr Tankard (and details of an exhibition at the Victoria Gallery and Museum) here https://t.co/JZCs2mNEBx