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Thomas Taylor was a wealthy cotton mill owner (Taylor Brothers Ltd, Victoria Mills, Wallgate, Wigan) and prominent citizen. He became a JP in 1848 and Chief Magistrate and Mayor for the town in 1854. In 1873 he generously gave £12,000 to Wigan Council to buy the land and pay for the building of Wigan Free Public Library. The town had been trying to raise funds for a library for several years. The library was designed by Alfred Waterhouse and opened to the public in 1878. The building, which remains largely in its original condition, now houses the Museum of Wigan Life. In later life Thomas moved to Oxfordshire, where he amassed a large art collection that was sold in 1888 for £34,000. This portrait was presented to Wigan by his widow on the occasion of the opening of an extension to the library for use as a newspaper reading room.
Museum of Wigan Life
Wigan
Title
Thomas Taylor (1808–1892), JP, of Wigan
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 125 x W 90 cm
Accession number
A92.001
Acquisition method
gift, 1892
Work type
Painting
Museum of Wigan Life
Library Street, Wigan, Greater Manchester WN1 1NU England
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