Liverpool, a fishing village, gives her sons the boat and the net. Thomas Stirling Lee (1857-1916). 1882-1901. Istrian stone. St. George's Hall, Liverpool. Liverpool has just given the fishing net to the young stripling on the right, and now hands a model of a boat to an older man, perhaps a merchant shipman, respectably dressed in a cloak.
The remainder of the National Progress series on Saint George's Hall
- Charles John Allen's Liverpool, a municipality, employs labour and encourages art
- Charles John Allen's Liverpool collects produce and exports the maufactures of the country
- Conrad Dressler's Liverpool imports cattle and wool, for food and clothing
- Conrad Dressler's Liverpool by its imports supplies the country with food and corn
- Thomas Stirling Lee's Liverpool by her shipwrights builds vessels of commerce
Photographs by Robert Freidus. text by Freidus and Jacqueline Banerjee. Perspective correction, formatting, and linking” by George P. Landow. [You may use these images without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you (1) credit the photographer and (2) link your document to this URL in a web document or cite it in a print one.]
Bibliography
Cavanagh, Terry. The Public Sculpture of Liverpool. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1996.
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