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Title
Christ
Date
mid-1940s
Medium
cast concrete
Accession number
CV1_TS_S902
Acquisition method
recast and gifted by Neville Gorton, Bishop of Coventry
Work type
Statue
Owner
Coventry Cathedral
Custodian
Coventry Cathedral
Work status
extant
Access
time restrictions apply
Access note
Opening times of Cathedral Ruins
Inscription description
THE STATUE OF CHRIST / THIS IS THE SECOND CASTING, IN CONCRETE, OF A STATUE AT BLUNDELL'S / SCHOOL IN DEVON. IT WAS CREATED BY AN 18 YEAR OLD PUPIL, / ALAIN JOHN. THE HEADMASTER, NEVILLE GORTON, LATER BECAME BISHOP / OF COVENTRY AND ON THE DEATH OF ALAIN JOHN, AN RAF NAVIGATOR, / IN 1943 AT THE AGE OF 23, THE STATUE WAS RECAST FOR COVENTRY AS A MEMORIAL TO THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR. / THE STATUE REPRESENTS CHRIST BLESSING THE MULTITUDE.