Chester, given me by Geo: Pickering Esq., Aug: 1845; Musgrove 1829, Aquafortis

Chester, given me by Geo: Pickering Esq., Aug: 1845; Musgrove 1829, Aquafortis

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Chester, given me by Geo: Pickering Esq., Aug: 1845; Musgrove 1829, Aquafortis

George Victor Du Noyer

Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland

The Discovery Programme

Aug 1845

Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland

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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

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Hambridge

Chester

Chester

England