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Liverpool
Merseyside
North West England

Canada Boulevard (L3)
(Port of Liverpool Building)

Commerce and Industry, ships and globes

Charles J. Allen
1907

Description

The Port of Liverpool Building was constructed between 1904 and 1907 and was designed by Sir Arnold Thornely and F.B. Hobbs. The entrance is flanked by two allegorical statues, Commerce and Industry, with above them a steamship and a sailing ship respectively in a wreath composed of an inverted cornucopia and its spilt contents.

Liverpool - Commerce and Industry, ships and globes
Commerce.
Industry.

Steamship.
Medieval sailing ship.

The poles of the main entrance gate in front of the building are topped by globes, hold by dolphins.

Liverpool - Commerce and Industry, ships and globes

Sculptor

Charles John Allen (1862-1956), British sculptor, a figure in the New Sculpture movement (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Port of Liverpool Building.
Terry Cavanagh, Public Sculpture of Liverpool. Liverpool University Press, 1997, pp. 128-129.

Locatie (N 53°24'15" - W 2°59'43") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gbnw047; Photograph: 18 June 2023
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