Liverpool artwork of the day - Wednesday November 7 2007. 'Nicholas Robinson' by Thomas Clement Thompson (1778 - 1857) in Sudley House

In the Entrance Hall at Sudley House

Nicholas Robinson (1769 - 1854) was a prosperous corn merchant who bought the Sudley estate and built the house in the first years of the 19th century. He was mayor of Liverpool in 1828-9 and this portrait shows him in his mayor’s robes. After his death, his daughters lived at Sudley until it was purchased by George Holt.