Antique Prints of Liverpool
Richard Nicholson of Chester
A World of Antique Maps and Prints
Established in 1961
All the Prints on this page are guaranteed to be genuine early specimens
published in or around the year stated
William Gawin Herdman
William Gawin Herdman (1805–1882), often referred to as W. G. Herdman, was a British painter and author best known for his landscapes and topographical scenes — especially views of Liverpool and its surroundings. He was largely self-taught, beginning to sketch from around age 13 and documenting the city’s architectural and social transformations as Victorian Liverpool grew.
He exhibited his works at the Royal Academy in London from 1834 to 1861.
Herdman was deeply involved in Liverpool’s artistic life: he joined the Liverpool Academy of Arts in 1836, later founding the Liverpool Society of Fine Arts in opposition to what he saw as the overly fashionable tendencies of the art establishment.
He was not just a painter but an observer of his city — making notes on how Liverpool changed over time and portraying it with a mix of topographical accuracy and personal style.
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Fenwicke Street Liverpool
24521 Fenwicke Street, W. G. Herdman, 1843. Price: 13.00
FENWICKE STREET. A hand coloured lithograph view. 4 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches. In a sunk mount. Good condition.
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Moor Street Liverpool
28676 Moor Street, W. G. Herdman, 1843. Price: 24.00
MOOR STREET. A hand coloured lithograph. Figures. 5 3/4 x 8 inches. Good condition.
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Tower of Liverpool
28684 Tower of Liverpool, W. G. Herdman, 1843. Price: 14.00
COURT YARD, TOWER OF LIVERPOOL. A Hand coloured lithograph view. 5 x 6 1/2 inches. Wide blank margins. Good condition.
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Old St. George's Church Liverpool
94957 Old St. George's Church, William Gawin Herdman, 1843. Price: 40.00
OLD ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH. A hand coloured lithograph. 9 x 12 inches. In sunk mount. Good condition.
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Sandhills Liverpool
43539 Sandhills House, W. G. Herdman, c.1850. Price: 14.00
SANDHILLS HOUSE. A hand coloured lithograph view. 9 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches. Good condition.
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Old Fish Market Liverpool
87629 Old Fish Market, W. G. Herdman, 1843. Price: 26.00
OLD FISH MARKET. A hand coloured lithograph view. 11 7 3/4 inches. Good condition.
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Ballroom Liverpool
87634 Low Hill. W. G. Herdman, 1843. Price: 25.00
LOW HILL. A hand coloured lithograph view. 9 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches. Unmounted. Good clean condition.
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Old Mansion in Moor Street Liverpool - Lithograph by W. G. Herdman
86366 Old Mansion, Moor Street. W. G. Herdman, 1843. Price: 35.00
OLD MANSION, MOOR STREET. A hand coloured lithograph view. 10 1/4 x 7 inches. In a sunk mount. Fine condition.
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William Brown Street, Liverpool
92416 William Brown Street, John Clynn, c.1910. Price: 22.00
WILLIAM BROWN STREET - TECHNICAL SCHOOL, MUSEUM AND FREE LIBRARY. A coloured chromolithograph view. 10 x 7 inches. Good condition.
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Bowling Green Inn, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool
28022 Bowling Green Inn, Mount Pleasant, Dugdale c.1845. Price: 12.00
BIRTH-PLACE OF WILLIAM ROSCOE, LIVERPOOL. A hand coloured steel engraved view of the Bowling Green Inn in Mount Pleasant. Figures. 5 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches. In an ivory tint sunk mount. Good condition.
William Roscoe was an art collector and historian and is best know as being one of England's first abolishionists.
A Series of Steel Engraved Views of Liverpool by Thomas Allom, J. Harwood, S. Austin, C. C. Pyne & others Published in London 1829 - 1830
LIVERPOOL IN 1830
From the drawings and paintings of a number of artists. Each measures about 5 3/4 x 3 1/2 inches, 145 x 90 mm
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St. John's Market Liverpool
80831 St. John's Market, Great Charlotte Street, Liverpool
Price: 20.00
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Royal Amphitheatre Liverpool
89974 Royal Amphitheatre, Harwood
Price: 20.00
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Childwall Abbey Liverpool
94052 Childwall Abbey, S. Austin
Price: 17.00
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More Street Liverpool
64467 More Street, Liverpool, S. Austin, c.1845.
Price: 20.00
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Water Street Liverpool
89714 Water Street, Liverpool.
Price: 20.00
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Sessions House Liverpool
89727 Sessions House, Chapel Street.
Price: 17.00
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Town Hall Liverpool
94617 Town Hall, Liverpool
Price: 18.00
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Liverpool from the Mersey
89738 Liverpool from the Mersey. Commencing at the Prince's Parade
Price: 19.00
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Liverpool Royal Institution
90767 Liverpool Royal Institution, Colquitt Street
Price: 17.00
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Lord Street Liverpool
47428 Part of Lord Street, and South St. John Street. Liverpool
Price: 19.00
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Part of Lord Street Liverpool
87188 Part of Lord Street, and South St. John Street. Liverpool
Price: 19.00
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Ballroom Liverpool
LA005 Interior of the Ball-Room, Town Hall, Liverpool.
Price: 10.00
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Exchange Newsroom Liverpool
LA060 Interior of the Exchange News-Room, Liverpool.
Price: 10.00 Order using Numbers: 92286
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St. Pauls Church Liverpool
LA060 St. Paul's Church, Liverpool
Price: 10.00 Order using Numbers: 92289
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St. George's Church Liverpool
LA027 St. Georges's Church, Liverpool. Price: 11.00
Order using Numbers: 67463
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Liverpool Picking up a Pilot, Edward G. Walker
Liverpool Picking up a Pilot
by Edward G. Walker
Price: 30.00
Image size: 29 1/2 x 19 3/4 inches
Here is the giant jute clipper Liverpool, the largest sailing ship under the red ensign at the beginning of the 1890's and specially built for the Calcutta jute trade, picking up a pilot off the mouth of the Mersey. This four masted iron ship built by Russel & Company of Glasgow in 1889 was owned by R. W. Leyland & Company of Liverpool. Her gross tonnage was 3396. Her length 333.2 feet, In breadth she measured 47.9 feet and in depth 26.5 feet. She could stow 26,000 bales of jute, a dead weight of nearly 6,000 tons. Her first master was Thomas Calder. When outward bound from Antwerp to San Francisco in 1902 under Captain Lewis, the Liverpool went ashore in fog on the rocky coast of Aldnerey on the 25th February. She was under all plain sail at the time and the crash on the rocks broke her back. Her crew of 35 were saved.
The pilot schooner in the paining is the number 7 boat Lancashire Witch built by Michael Ratsey of West Cowes in 1863. Withdrawn from service in 1896. Sold in 1897 to Leith owners. Gross tonnage 56. 80.7 feet length, 18 feet breadth, 19.6 feet depth.
This picture is illustrated in Edward G. Walker's book Sea Liverpool which can be purchased clicking on the Amazon link on the left. The original painting is in the collection of Richard Nicholson
RICHARD NICHOLSON
of CHESTER
Stoneydale
Pepper Street
Christleton
Chester
CH3 7AG
Telephone
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I have been buying and selling antique maps and prints since the early 1960's during which time I had a gallery in Watergate Street, Chester for 30 years. I am now able to offer through my websites a personal service to map and print collectors.
