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Liverpool
Merseyside
North West England

Ranelagh Street (L1)
(Lewis's department store)

David Lewis

London 1823 - Liverpool 1885
British merchant and philanthropist
(Wikipedia)

artist unknown
2010

Description

Plaque with small portrait.
It was placed in March 2010, just before the store closed on 29 May 2010.

Inscription(s)

this plaque commemorates
DAVID LEWIS
born london 1823 - died liverpool 1885
pioneering retail merchant
and public benefactor
in 1856 he founded the first of
the lewis's department stores here
and with his principled genius for
marketing brought affordable
quality goods to the masses
plaque dedicated by
his admirers
march 2010
lewis's - 'friends of the people'

Artist

Unknown artist. Do you know who the sculptor is? please let us know.

Sources & Information

Open Plaques, no. 6770.
Geograph, Database.

Location (N 53°24'18" - W 2°58'44") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gbnw105; Photograph: 19 June 2023
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