2-913-768 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Brass Gates of St. George's Hall, Liverpool, 1854. Pair of doors which have '...a hollow core, with a covering of sheet brass...Each door has a disc in the centre, with a head of Mercury, surrounded by a glory. The panels above and below the disc, are extremely beautiful; the trident, forming a centre, around and about which a rich scroll ornament plays, intermixed with oak and laurel-leaves. The upper panel, or fanlight, is equally rich, the Liver, the symbol of Liverpool, forming the centre, around which is a wreath of oak...below this, springs a handsome spiral ornament, blended with flat rush-leaves, oak, and laurel. The design is by C. R. Cockerell, Esq., R. A., and the execution has been well carried out by Messrs. Potter, of South Molton-street, London...Each pair of doors is about twelve feet eight inches high, by six feet four inches wide'. Building designed by Harvey Lonsdale Elmes. From "Illustrated London News", 1854.