Sujet

Coventry Cathedral, Priory Street, Coventry, 24/06/1960. Creator: John Laing plc.

Légende

Lady Epstein with Sir Fordham Flower at Coventry Cathedral for the unveiling ceremony of the statue St Michael and the Devil by sculptor Jacob Epstein. The statue of the Archangel Michael overcoming the Devil was the last sculpture Sir Jacob Epstein created before he died in 1959. The statue overlooks the steps leading up to the entrance of Coventry Cathedral. The photograph shows his widow Lady Epstein, who unveiled the statue, along with Sir Fordham Flower OBE, the chairman of the Coventry Cathedral Reconstruction Committee.

Date

1960

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England

Notre référence

HRM21A84_220

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

78,8Mo (,0Ko) / 44,4cm x 44,5cm / 5244 x 5252 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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