William Roscoe
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William Roscoe was a British banker, lawyer and politician. He is best known as one of England's first abolitionists, and as the author of the poem for children The Butterfly's Ball, and the Grasshopp
Portrait of William Roscoe by Martin Archer Shee, 1815–1817 (which is on display at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool).
Roscoe plaque, roughly locating burial place of William Roscoe in Roscoe Gardens, Mount Pleasnt
William Roscoe's memorial, relocated to Ullet Road Unitarian Church carved by John Gibson
Statue of William Roscoe at St. George's Hall, Liverpool by Chantrey
The Butterfly's Ball, and the Grasshopper's Feast is a poem by William Roscoe, written in 1802, and telling the story of a party for insects and other small animals.
William Roscoe
…1831) was a British banker, lawyer and politician. He is best known as one of England's first abolitionists, and as the author of the poem for children The Butterfly's Ball, and the Grasshopper's Feast. In his day he was also respected as a historian and art collector, as well as a botanist and miscellaneous writer. The standard author abbreviation…
Frontispiece of the 1808, London, publication of The Butterfly's Ball, and the Grasshopper's Feast