Title
Coventry Cathedral, Priory Street, Coventry, 08/03/1962. Creator: John Laing plc.
Caption
Ralph Beyer carving the baptismal font in Coventry Cathedral. Ralph Beyer (1921-2008) was a letter carver and sculptor who was commissioned to carve nave inscriptions for the new Coventry Cathedral built between the mid-1950s and 1962. He is seen here carving the baptismal font out of a large boulder which had been shipped from Bethlehem, referred to as the Boulder from Bethlehem when it was unveiled on its arrival at the cathedral in 1960.
Date
1962
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England
Reference
HRM21A84_281
Model release
No
Property release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
100,2Mb (4,0Mb) / 17,5in x 22,3in / 5239 x 6687 (300dpi)