This print was reproduced from Manchester old and new. Vol. II by William Arthur Shaw and H. E. Tidmarsh, 1894

• Printed on A3 (29.7 cm x 42 cm) 250gsm, Perlino Cotton paper, SC® certified board made up of 65% virgin fibres, 25% recycled material and 10% cotton fibre

• Limited edition with hand-labelled numbers

• Your purchases contribute to the Portico’s free public programme

• This product does not come with frames

“The building in this print, The Royal Exchange was designed by Thomas Harrison who also designed the Portico Library. The building now houses the Royal Exchange Theatre, transforming a building that was built on the coffers of the transatlantic slave trade into a mouthpiece for the masses, including among them - myself, a descendent of slaves.

My play about black British identity and the contradictions therein, Black Men Walking premiered there in 2018. I love this building and the people in it. Holding the tension between the chains of the past and flight into the future and graciously giving space for both.”

Curated by Testament Hip-Hop MC, writer and theatre maker