Liverpool - Walker Art Gallery

Must-see attractions nearby: Albert Dock Walker Art Gallery Tate Gallery Anglican Cathedral St George's Hall Liverpool Museum Merseyside Maritime Museum

Its display of English painting and sculpture, particularly of the 18th-20th century is unrivaled by any gallery outside London. It features works by Gainsborough ("Elisabeth, Viscountess Folkestone", 1776), Hogarth ("David Garrick as Richard III", 1745) and Moore, pictures by Marianne Stokes ("Polishing Pans", 1887), Harold Gilman ("Mrs. Mounter", 1912) and Nicholas Hillard ("Queen Elizabeth I, 1574) together with a poignant farewell scene at Liverpool's Pier Head by John J. Lee entitled "Sweethearts and Wives" (1860). The John and Peter Moore Exhibition, an important display of contemporary British art is held every alternate year.