Truro, Cathedral Church of St Mary
n33. North nave aisle 12
Entries in grey are not obtained from documentary evidence, but are inferred from content, context, etc.
- Date of manufacture and insertion
- Number of lights
- 1
- Maker
- Clayton & Bell
- Main subject
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2 upper. Archbishop Benson 2 lower. Faith, Hope 1. Prince of Wales laying foundation stone of Truro Cathedral, - Donor
- The Revd Canon Arthur James Mason
- Notes
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n33.
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n33 2 upper. Archbishop Benson wearing a richly embroidered cope and other archiepiscopal vestments including surplice, stole and bishop’s sleeves. His right hand is held up in blessing, his left holds his archiepiscopal cross.
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EDWARD·FIRST·BISHOP·OF·TRURO
n33 2 lower. The allegorical figure on the left is Faith, a nimbed female figure holding a pastoral cross in her right hand and a chalice in her left. The figure seated on the right is Hope, grasping a large anchor in her right hand.
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FOUNDATION·OF·TRURO·CATHEDRAL
n33 1.
Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, lays the Foundation Stone of Truro Cathedral
on .
He is dressed in Masonic regalia and holds a maul.
He is surrounded by a number of other figures
associated with the occasion and the Cathedral, including the Princess of Wales,
John Loughborough Pearson (Architect), Prince George and Prince Albert Victor,
Bishop of Exeter (Dr Frederick Temple), Bishop Benson,
Canon George Howard Wilkinson (the second Bishop of Truro),
the Bishop of Madagascar (Dr R Kestell Cornish, son of a former Vicar of Kenwyn),
Lord Mount Edgcumbe and Sir Francis Wyatt Truscott (Lord Mayor of London and native of Truro).
Standing in front are two servers, Master Hugh Willyams, son of a faithful layman,
and Master Hugh Benson,
youngest son of Bishop Benson. Kneeling in the foreground on the right is Canon Mason, the Canon Missioner
and donor of the window. The background features scaffolding and other evidence of building work.
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n33 1 detail. The Revd Canon Arthur Mason, the donor of the window, kneeling in front of the platform on which the ceremony was taking place.