2015
SJ3490 : Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
taken 9 years ago, 3 km from Seacombe, Wirral, England
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
In 1873, Andrew Barclay Walker (1824-1893), a Liverpool brewer and alderman offered to present a gallery to Liverpool to commemorate his term as mayor. He was not noted as patron or collector of art but he did build public houses of high architectural standards and gave generously to many good causes. This may partly have been to improve the public image of brewing and alcohol at a time when the temperance movement was popular. Walker donated £20,000 towards the new gallery.
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