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St Werburgh's Mount, Chester (© Grosvenor Museum)
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© Grosvenor Museum

St Werburgh's Mount, Chester

Artist: Louise Rayner (1832 - 1924)

Location: Grosvenor Museum

Date: 1873

Materials: watercolour with bodycolour

Dimensions: 56 x 40 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £375 (Total: £15,000)

Vendor: Sotheby's

Review number: 2989 (1983)

Provenance:
One of a pair of drawings commissioned by Thomas Hughes prior to the houses's demolition in 1872. This one was done in late summer. Then by descent.

Description:
St Werburgh's Mount was the house of the well-known Chester antiquary Thomas Hughes, which stood immediately to the south of Chester Cathedral.

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