From a drawing by W. G. Herdman in the possession of in the possession of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board.
THIS drawing is based upon a drawing in the Foster Collection, made about the year 1798. The building in the centre of the picture is that of the Dispensary, which was established in 1778 in North John Street, and was opened in the interests of the poor of the parish. In 1779 the annual subscription was £117 12s., and the parish adding £105 made the annual income £222 12s. In the year 1782 the Dispensary was removed to Church Street, and stood close to the corner of Post Office Place, the building being designed by John Foster senior. Above the entrance porch there was a very pretty bas-relief tablet, representing the Good Samaritan, designed and carved by John Dcare, a Liverpool sculptor of much promise. He was thrown into prison in Italy by the commandant of the French troops — who was said to be in love with his wife—where he died of a broken heart. The view shows the livery stables at the corner of Parker Street, the milk-house, and the tower of St. Peter’s Church.
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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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