Chester, given me by Geo: Pickering Esq., Aug: 1845; Musgrove 1829, Aquafortis
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Title
Chester, given me by Geo: Pickering Esq., Aug: 1845; Musgrove 1829, Aquafortis
Subject
lithograph
figure sculpture
aedicule
Description
Chester, given me by Geo: Pickering Esq., Aug: 1845; Musgrove 1829, Aquafortis
Creator
George Victor Du Noyer
Source
Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
Publisher
The Discovery Programme
Date
Aug 1845
Contributor
Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
Rights
http://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/
Format
22.5 x 30.2
Identifier
i_00801801
Alternative Title
King Edgars Bed and Effigy on the back of the field called the close, near the Hambridge, Chester; Engraving of same from Brittans Antiquities making it out a Roman Antique
ROMAN ANTIQUE, THIS ANCIENT SCULPTURED RELICK OF MINERVA (PATRON OF THE LIBERAL ARTS) AND HER FAVORITE BIRD THE OWL, IS OF VERY RUDE WORKMANSHIP, CUT IN THE SURFACE OF RED ROCK. IT IS SITUATED IN A FIELD ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RIVER DEE IN THE PARISH OF ST MARY IN THE CITY OF CHESTER. IT IS COMMONL CALLED EDGARS CAVE OWING (AS IS SUPPOSED) TO KING EDGAR BEING ROWE FOM NEAR THIS SPOT, TO THE MONASTERY OF ST JOHN BY EIGHT TRIBUTARY KINGS A.D. 955-7
Medium
lithograph
Spatial Coverage
Hambridge
Chester
Chester
England
Citation
George Victor Du Noyer, “Chester, given me by Geo: Pickering Esq., Aug: 1845; Musgrove 1829, Aquafortis,” Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, accessed April 25, 2024, http://rsai.locloudhosting.net/items/show/23104.
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