Hi Kev
Good illustrations, Kev. It looks as if all except one or two were done by noted Merseyside artist
William Gawin Herdman (1805-82) who did much to provide illustrations of old Liverpool, often
based on reminiscences of old timers that he spoke to. The exceptions seem to be the brown view from the river which I note is dated "J. B. 1807" though it
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shows a view of Liverpool I believe in the late seventeenth century, and may have, I assume, served as the basis for Herdman's similar view that you show,
and the very dark view of the castle with soldiers in the foreground which might be meant to show the castle at the time of the Civil War. That illustration
might also be a Herdman but it does not accord with the rosier pastels he generally used, unless he did it to capture the mood or perhaps it was done by his
son William Herdman or another artist entirely.
Actually if you look, pics 1, 4, and 8 are the same view just rendered differently in terms of color
or type of reproduction technique.
Chris
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