Reverend John Saul Howson, Dean of Chester mb-code IX004411 View near Nunhead in Camberwell

View near Nunhead in Camberwell

a copper urn from which flames emerge commemorates the ignition point of the Great Fire of London

The woman on the right is wearing a dress that has an incredibly full skirt

Manacled figures kneel in the foreground

Reverend John Saul Howson, Dean of Chester mb-code IX004411 View near Nunhead in CamberwellReverend 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