Statues - Hither & Thither

Description

St George's Hall, opened in 1854, is a Neoclassical building which contains concert halls and law courts. On the left (southern end) and right (northern end) side is a series of six reliefs, showing respectively the Progress of Justice and the National Prosperity.

The Growth of Liverpool

liverpool, a mvnicipality, employs labovr and encovrages art. By Charles John Allen	liverpool collects prodvce and exports the manvfactvres of the covntry. By Charles John Allen	liverpool imports cattle and wool, for food and clothing. By Conrad Dressler
liverpool, by its imports, svpplies the covntry with food and corn. By Conrad Dressler	liverpool, by her shipwrights, bvilds vessels of commerce. By Thomas Stirling Lee	liverpool, a fishing village, gives her sons the boat and the net. By Thomas Stirling Lee

Sculptors

• Charles John Allen (1862-1956), British sculptor, a figure in the New Sculpture movement (Wikipedia).
  
• Conrad D'Huc Dressler (London 1856 - Saint-Brévin l'Océan, Loire, 1940), British sculptor (Wikipedia – M.H. Spielmann, British sculpture and sculptors of today, 1901).
  
• Thomas Stirling Lee (London 1857 - London 1916), English sculptor, specialising in reliefs and portrait heads (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

• Wikipedia, St George's Hall, Liverpool.
• Terry Cavanagh, Public Sculpture of Liverpool. Liverpool University Press, 1997, pp. 261-264.
• The Victorian Web, St George's Hall (1841-54), Lime Street, Liverpool.
• Bob Speel, Sculpture around St George's Hall, Liverpool.

Tags

Locatie (N 53°24'32" - W 2°58'46") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

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