A piece of writing I completed for my PhD before Christmas looked at the work of the Sculptor William Birnie Rhind. In the process of researching and writing this I found it very interesting to consider the Mexico Monument in relation to public monuments in other towns and cities in the closer vicinity and across Lancashire in 1888. An Edwardian Postcard of the Mexico Monument As you might expect, the major cities of Manchester and Liverpool had several public statues by the early nineteenth century and, when the Mexico Monument was unveiled, Manchester had prominently placed monuments to Robert Peel, John Dalton, the Duke of Wellington, James Watt, Prince Albert, Richard Cobden, Oliver Cromwell and James Fraser, Bishop of Manchester. Similarly, Liverpool contained monuments to Nelson, Wellington, George III, Prince Albert and Queen Victoria. Nelson Monument, Liverpool https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nelson_Monument,_Liverpool_6.jpg The only monument the neighbouring tow