William Gawin Herdman 1805-1882

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Description

William Gawin Herdman
Bootle Church, Liverpool; Shaw's Brow looking East, Liverpool; View from the corner of Sparling Street (St Domingo Road) looking towards Everton Church, Liverpool; Lord Street south Side, Liverpool
four, each signed, three: WGH and the other: WH/1870
watercolour over pencil

Provenance

W.T.Scott of Caldy and ex Coopers Restaurant, Church Street, Liverpool (Bootle Church, Liverpool)

Literature

William Gawin Herdman, Pictorial Relics of Old Liverpool, 1878, pl.38 (Shaw's Brow looking East, Liverpool), pl.61(Bootle Church, Liverpool);
Ramsay Muir, Bygone Liverpool, 1913, pl.47 (Lord Street, South Side, Liverpool)

Catalogue Note

William Gawin Herdman was born in Liverpool in 1805 and lived there throughout his life. He mostly drew local topography and exhibited his works at the Royal Academy and Sussex Street from 1834-1861