Chester oil painting is auctioned

The oil painting shows a scene of Chester from across the River Dee

An oil painting of a scene of Chester from across the River Dee is being sold at auction.

The work, by artist John Glover, is to be sold at Bonhams auction house in London for an estimated price of between £35,000 and £55,000.

The painting is from a private collection of works in Australia.

John Glover was born in Leicestershire in 1767 and emigrated to Tasmania in 1821. His oil paintings are thought to date from the early 1800s onwards.

The painting features Chester Castle and the Gaol, the Church of St Mary-on-the-Hill and the Shot Tower as well as a number of other buildings which are no longer in existence.