From a drawing by W. G. Herdman in the possession of Messrs. Rankin, Gilmour and Co., Ltd.
MR. HERDMAN states that he made this drawing from a rare etching by Daniel King, dated 1780, which is preserved in the Harleian MSS. in the British Museum.
The drawing is of great interest, because it shows the river-front, the Castle, and a part of the tower on the left side of the picture. The building with the door in the centre, before which a cart is standing, is Liverpool’s third Custom House. The first Custom House was a thatched building in High Street, and the second was situated in Moor Street. The house adjoining the Custom House was at one period the residence of Captain Dawson, who captured the “Carnatic”—the rich East-Indiaman.
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Muir, Ramsay, et al. Bygone Liverpool. Liverpool: Young, 1913. Internet Archive online version of a copy in the University of Toronto Library. Web. 29 September 2022.
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