The ‘Grand Fancy Fair and Flower Show’ at Prince's Park, Liverpool, 1849, with a balloon ascent

Name: WILLIAM GAWIN HERDMAN (LIVERPOOL 1805-1882)
Brand: The ‘Grand Fancy Fair and Flower Show’ at Prince's Park, Liverpool, 1849, with a balloon ascent
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WILLIAM GAWIN HERDMAN (LIVERPOOL 1805-1882)

The ‘Grand Fancy Fair and Flower Show’ at Prince's Park, Liverpool, 1849, with a balloon ascent

Closed: 24 Mar 2022

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WILLIAM GAWIN HERDMAN (LIVERPOOL 1805-1882)
The ‘Grand Fancy Fair and Flower Show’ at Prince's Park, Liverpool, 1849, with a balloon ascent
pencil, pen and ink and watercolour heightened with gum arabic and touches of bodycolour on paper
12¹⁄₂ x 20 in. (31.8 x 51 cm.)

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Herdman was active in the Liverpool Academy, until his expulsion in 1857 for his protest against the Academy's award of its annual prize to J. E. Millais for His chief achievement was as a topographical artist, recording the streets of Liverpool, and publishing them as lithographs as .
The Fancy Fair was held on 8, 9 and 10 August 1849 to raise funds for the Liverpool Hospitals. Hot air balloons had been invented in the 1780s and were still rare and exotic attractions by the mid-19th Century.
We are grateful to Ann Bukantas of Liverpool Museums for her help in preparing this catalogue entry.