The Old Dee Bridge, Chester

attributed to Edmund Garvey (active 1767 - 1813)

Grosvenor Museum

circa 1765-1780

The view is taken from the south bank of the river Dee, an area which is now a park called Edgar's Field. Dee Mills, where corn was ground are on the right and through the bridge arches, the weir can be seen, which was built to provide power for the mills.

• Medium: oil on canvas
• Dimensions: 62.3 x 99.3cm
• Art Fund Grant: £1725 ( Total: £6,900)
• ArtFunded in: 2001
• Vendor: Phillips de Pury

Provenance

Purchased for the national headquarters of Martins Bank in Water Street, Liverpool, probably in the 1960s; Barclays Bank when they acquired Martins Bank, 1969.

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