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

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

2-847-535 - Historic England Archive/Heritage Images

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.

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People Information

Creator
  1. John Laing plc, attributed to: British: construction and civil engineering company
Subject
  1. Kathleen Garman, Lady Epstein: British: model, mistress and later wife of the sculptor Jacob Epstein
  2. Sir Fordham Flower: British: Chairman of the Coventry Cathedral Reconstruction Committee
People Related
  1. Basil Spence: British: Architect
  2. Jacob Epstein: British: Artist, sculptor, painter
Medium
  1. Photograph
Geographic Hierarchy

World Europe United Kingdom England West Midlands Coventry Coventry

  1. 52 25 00 N , 001 33 00 W
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Locations & Buildings Places of Worship

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5244x5252
File Size : 26,896kb

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  1. JLP01/08/057615A
  1. JLP01_08_057615a
  1. 0250009221
  1. 2-847-535
  1. 2847535
  1. JLP01/08/057615A

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