Socially Prominent Liverpudlians

{ 08.18.08 | Written by Stacey }

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{Joseph Wright in Liverpool, NY Times}

The first gallery is filled with portraits of young, socially prominent Liverpudlians. Several have fanciful costumes and gestural affectations that reflect the younger generation’s tastes of the day: “Fleetwood Hesketh,” in a jaunty red coat, sits cross-legged in a classical landscape.
Photo: Walker Art Gallery, National Museums Liverpool
The Painter and the City: Parallel Tales of Growth
Published: August 18, 2008

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