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

Non

Property release

Non

License type

Droits gérés

Available size

100.2Mo (5.8Mo) / 44.4cm x 56.6cm / 5239 x 6687 (300dpi)

Keywords

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