Open this to find out more!
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A:A strap that rests on your chin.
B: Chinese influenced art made in Europe.
C: A type of parrot.
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What is Chinoiserie?
Complete the other
half of this drawing.
LEveR coLlEcTs TraIl
William
Hesketh
Lever
William Hesketh Lever was
born in Bolton, Lancashire
and was the son of a grocer.
He left school when he was
16 to join the family firm.
Lever became best known for
Sunlight Soap, Port Sunlight
Village, the Lady Lever Art
Gallery and being a collector!
Lever started collecting art to
help advertise Sunlight Soap
and over his lifetime collected over 20,000 wonderful
objects to help fill the Lady Lever Art Gallery.
Did you know he liked to sleep in the open air, got up
at 4.30am every morning and only liked cold baths?
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Find the set of miniature portraits
which are hidden in a drawer
in this room. The miniatures are
between 150 – 300 years old.
What do you think has been
braided inside this miniature?
This is a Buddhist
altar ornament.
The leaves spouting
from the vase on the
elephant’s back are made
from green jade and the berries
from red coral. The elephant is
the Chinese symbol of peace.
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Find this portrait of Lever
by Augustus John.
Lever disliked this painting of
himself so much that he cut
out his face from the portrait
and hid it away in his safe.
The rest of the painting was
accidentally sent back to the
artist minus the head. Oops!
Draw Lever’s head in the
box so it can be reunited
with his body. If you look
closely at the original
painting you can see where the join around
the head has been stuck back in place.
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Napoleon was one of Lever’s heroes.
Lever collected all the Napoleon
objects on display in this room.
Unfortunately some of the objects turned
out not to have been Napoleon’s at all!
Can you find a gruesome death
mask of Napoleon made of bronze?
Follow the arrows to discover these objects and their stories on your
trail around the Gallery. Shade the signs when you find them to
show that William Hesketh Lever added them to his collection.
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(norTh Rotunda)
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Cinerarium
This is a Roman
ash chest which
was made about
1900 years ago
for the ashes
of Caius
Perperna
Geminus,
who died when he was 68.
What do you think it’s made from?
room 3
Haycarting
by George Stubbs
George Stubbs was from Liverpool
and best known as a horse painter.
He was interested in painting
techniques which would be
more permanent.
This painting looks like an oil
painting but was actually made of
pottery and painted with en – – – ls.
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Queen Victoria
by Sir David Wilkie
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16th
century
games
board
Queen Victoria really disliked
this portrait by Wilkie!
Why do you think she disliked it?
This board is around 400 years
old and can be used to play
chess and backgammon.
How many animals and insects
can you find on the board?
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ROOM 10
(MaIn HaLl)
Lady
Gertrude
Fitzpatrick
by Joshua
Reynolds
A family story about this painting
of Lady Gertrude Fitzpatrick says that
she was shy and hid under a table, so
artist Sir Joshua Reynolds decided to
paint her just as she was.
What is Gertrude holding?
The Daphnephoria
by Frederick Leighton
This was one of Lever’s favourite paintings!
Room 35 (South VestIbule)
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Figure of Guanyin
Wedgwood fireplace
This figure is of Guanyin,
the Goddess of M – – – –.
It has an inscription
which shows that it
was the gift of a
man named Dang
and his wife Chong.
Port Sunlight Museum
and Garden Village
Look out of the window.
What can you see?
Josiah Wedgwood, like Lever, looked
after his workers. Wedgwood built
houses for his workers which they
could live in even after they retired.
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