Sujet
Coventry Cathedral, Priory Street, Coventry, 22/12/1960. Creator: John Laing plc.
Légende
The Bishop and Provost of Coventry Cathedral at the unveiling ceremony of the Boulder from Bethlehem. The boulder which was brought from a hillside in Bethlehem was transported to Coventry Cathedral to be used as its new font. Weighing three tons, it was transported to Manchester Docks in the SS Norman Prince and then on to Coventry. The unveiling ceremony took place on 22nd December 1960 and the boulder was unveiled by 7-year-old Henry Sumner, son of the foreman carpenter at Coventry Cathedral. The boulder was later moved to its current position in front of the baptistery window.
Date
1960
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England
Notre référence
HRM21A84_236
Model release
Non
Property release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
78,4Mo (4,0Mo) / 44,2cm x 44,5cm / 5220 x 5252 (300dpi)