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This is almost certainly the earliest known painting of Liverpool and shows a large part of the waterfront and town about 1680. The painting shows the main part of the town between St Nicholas Chapel in the north and the area around the entrance to the Pool to the south. In the centre of the painting is Water Street which leads up into the town, the building with four chimneys to the right of Water Street is the Customs House. Liverpool Castle is on the right. The wealth of shipping in the river includes vessels for deep sea trading as well as coastal and local river craft.

Merseyside Maritime Museum

Liverpool

Title

Liverpool in 1680

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 59.5 x W 74 cm

Accession number

31.211.2

Acquisition method

gift, 1931

Work type

Painting

Merseyside Maritime Museum

Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside L3 4AQ England

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