After darkness light : The birth of the Liverpool autumn exhibitions 1871-1876 wave With a familiar gradient of

With a familiar gradient of color swatches

This beautiful silk scarf features the delightful Honeysuckle design by May Morris designed in 1883 for use as a wallpaper design

which boasts a bee pattern by British Designer Catherine Rowe

In this portrait of the queen

including most of Merseyside and Greater Manchester

After darkness light : The birth of the Liverpool autumn exhibitions 1871-1876 wave With a familiar gradient ofAfter Darkness Light: The Birth of the Liverpool Autumn Exhibitions 1871 1876 by Alex Kidson. After a period of "darkness" when Liverpool the second city of the British Empire lacked the kind of annual public art exhibition enjoyed by many of Britain's other provincial centres, light dawned in 1871 when a group of town councilors gambled with public funds to create the first Liverpool Autumn Exhibition. Hailed a success, the exhibition would go on to