Reverend John Saul Howson, Dean of Chester Aigues On the left a frightened

On the left a frightened citizen is being hustled to the booth by a man brandishing shears

In and about the fire are forged notes

JMW Turner

'River Dee and St John's Church'

one seated

Reverend John Saul Howson, Dean of Chester Aigues On the left a frightenedReverend John Saul Howson, Dean of Chester, 1882. Howson (1816 1885) was a prominent biblical scolar and archaeologist. As Dean of Chester from 1867 1885, he oversaw the restoration of the Cathedral as well as the endowment of the King's School for boys. From Men of Mark: a gallery of contemporary portraits of men distinguished in the Senate, the Church, in science, literature and art, the army, navy, law, medicine, etc. Photographed from life by Lock