Victoria Building

The Victoria Building is the original building of what was to become Liverpool University. It is built of terracotta coloured bricks and it is claimed that it is the origin of the term ‘red brick’ university - although Birmingham University, whose original buildings are also red brick, and which gained university status three years before Liverpool, disputes this.

Today the building houses an art gallery which we visited today. As well as the permanent exhibitions, there is also a temporary exhibition of the works of Turner and some of his contemporaries.

Richmond Castle

Rievaulx Abbey

Bolton Abbey on the River Wharfe

The Vale of Ashburnham in Sussex

The Plains of Marathon

The Beach at Rhyl

The eruption of the Soufrière Mountains in the island of St Vincent

Cottage at night

Charcoal sketches by Edward Burne-Jones

Stained glass windows were based on the sketches