Lady Lever Art Gallery is in Port Sunlight.
Before 1815 Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun [aged 59]. Portrait of Amy Lyon aka Emma Hart Lady Hamilton [aged 49]. In the collection of the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map].
1854 to 1855. William Holman Hunt [aged 26]. "The Scapegoat". In the collecttion of the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map].
1858. John Everett Millais 1st Baronet [aged 28]. "Spring aka Apple Blossoms". Model far left Sophie Gray [aged 14]. In the collection of the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map]. See The Life and Letters of Sir John Everett Millais pages 328-331.
1860. John Everett Millais 1st Baronet [aged 30]. "The Black Brunswickers". Model Catherine "Kate" Perugini nee Dickens [aged 20]. On the wall of the room is an engraving of a painting by J L David (1748-1825), which depicts Napoleon crossing the Alps. It serves as a reminder of Waterloo. The Black Brunswickers suffered severe losses at the battle of Quatre Bras at Waterloo in 1815. In the collection of the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map].
1874 to 1877. Edward Coley Burne-Jones 1st Baronet [aged 40]. "The Beguiling of Merlin". Model Maria Terpsithea Cassavetti aka Zambaco [aged 30]. In the collection of the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map]. The painting was commissioned by Frederick Richards Leyland [aged 42].
Between 1875 and 1878. Dante Gabriel Rossetti [aged 46]. The Blessed Damozel. Models centre Alice aka Alexa Wilding [aged 28], probably left-hand angel Mary "May" Morris [aged 12]. The first four verses of his poem The Blessed Damozel are written on the frame. In the collection of the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map].
1883. William Ewart Gladstone [aged 73] by Edward Onslow Ford [aged 30]. In the collection of the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map].
1883. Marble bust of William Ewart Gladstone [aged 73] by Edward Onslow Ford [aged 30]. In the collection of the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map].
Before 1890. John Everett Millais 1st Baronet [aged 60]. "Bubbles". In the collection of the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map].
1890. "Dancing". Edward Onslow Ford [aged 37]. In the collection of the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map]. Originally displayed at Lord Lever's London home The Hill, Hampstead. In 1922 it was moved to the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map] and displayed outside the south entrance.
1890. "Linus". Edward Onslow Ford [aged 37]. In the collection of the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map]. Originally displayed at Lord Lever's London home The Hill, Hampstead. In 1922 it was moved to the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map] and displayed outside the south entrance.
1890. William Holman Hunt [aged 62]. "May Morning on Magdalen Tower". In the collection of the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map].
1895. "Echo" by Edward Onslow Ford [aged 42]. In the collection of the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map].
1895. Bust of James Lever [aged 85], father of William Lever 1st Viscount Leverhulme [aged 43] by Edward Onslow Ford [aged 42]. In the collection of the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map].
James Lever: In 1810 he was born. Before 19th September 1851 he and Eliza Hesketh were married. On 25th May 1897 he died.
1900. Marble bust of William Lever 1st Viscount Leverhulme [aged 48] by Edward Onslow Ford [aged 47]. In the collection of the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map].
1901. "Snowdrift". Marble, green onyx for base, with lapis lazuli below with silver mounts, and black marble below. The last work of Edward Onslow Ford [aged 48]. Completed following his death. In the collection of the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map].
1908. Originally "Feronia", renamed "The Wood Nymph". Frederick William Pomeroy [aged 51]. In the collection of the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map].
Around 1914. "Fiammetta". Francis Derwent Wood [aged 42]. Modelled in plaster with a bronze patina. In the collection of the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map].
1918. "The Penitent Thief". Francis Derwent Wood [aged 46]. In the collection of the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map].
1920. "Psyche" by Francis Derwent Wood [aged 48]. Bronze. In the collection of the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map].
The Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map] is a museum founded and built by the industrialist and philanthropist William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme [aged 70] and opened in 1922.
1929. "Diana" by Gilbert Bayes [aged 56]. Puchased by William Lever 2nd Viscount Leverhulme [aged 40]. Presented to the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map] in memory of his friend the architect Segar Segar-Owen who helped design the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map].
Around 1930. Bronze sculpture in the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map] by an unknown artist.
1934. Gerald Leslie Brockhurst [aged 43]. "Jeunesse Dorée (Gilded Youth)". Portrait of Kathleen Woodward [aged 21]. Painted for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. It was bought for £1000 by William Lever 2nd Viscount Leverhulme [aged 45], for his Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map] on the very first day of the show.
1942. "Deidre" by Jacob Epstein [aged 61]. Bought by the trustees of the Lady Lever Art Gallery [Map] in 1948. Deirdre was Epstein's family cook and housekeeper from 1939-42 whom he sculpted three times.