In commemoration of the centenary of the birthday of Roscoe [graphic] / Mayer inv. ; Worrall lith

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Title: In commemoration of the centenary of the birthday of Roscoe [graphic] / Mayer inv. ; Worrall lith
Published / Created: [1853]
Publication Place: Liverpool
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: An invitation to an 1853 event, the Roscoe Centenary Festival, sponsored by the city of Liverpool in honor of William Roscoe, Liverpool banker, poet, writer and collector, among the founders of the Liverpool Society for the Encouragement of the Arts of Painting and Design and Whig MP for Liverpool; also first president of the Liverpool Royal Institution. Opponent of the slave trade, he published several pamphlets on the subject and was elected on an anti-slavery platform. After retiring in 1796, he studied botany and opened the Liverpool Botanic Garden in 1802. The invitation shows classical figures representing his many gifts, surrounding a ship, representing his business interests
Description: Title from text in image.
Text below image left: Pvblic Philharmonic Hall.
Text below image right: Liverpool, March VIII, MDCCCLIII.
Ms. note: Thomas Sansom [Montee?].
Provenance: With four other titles from Antiquates Ltd.; July 2017.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 15.3 x 21 cm
Language: English

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