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Image ID: | 240 |
Title: | Workman posing by a Bryn Athyn Cathedral tower carving |
Source: | Raymond and Mildred Pitcairn Archives, Bryn Athyn, PA |
Date: | circa 1919 |
Medium: | Postcard |
Description: | A workman posing beside the carved head of a lamb. "These heads were carved in place from blocks of stone set rough-hewn . . . The four heads centered on the facades [of the tower] are the beasts of the Apocalypse who worshipped at the throne of the Lamb [Revelation]" (Glenn, E. Bruce. Bryn Athyn Cathedral: The Building of a Church. Bryn Athyn: Bryn Athyn Church, 1971. Photo caption, p. 110). The workman is identified as "George Milne" on the back of the postcard. |