Image #1: Worcester Cathedral |  D[ea]r Frank / when do you / break up for / your holiday / let me know / with love from Aunt / Arabella

Image #2: WORCESTER CATHEDRAL 3568 | “AERO PICTORIAL LTD., 137, REGENT STREET, LONDON, W.A”. / AERO PICTORIAL AIR VIEW / Copyright Air Photograph

22.03.1862

…reference to the work of restoration…and on the assertion made therein…calculated seriously to damage the professional reputation of the architect to the Dean and Chapter and the ingenious artists employed as sculptors under his direction… THE TRUTH. In full consciousness of the great interest attaching to the carvings, Mr Perkins, the architect, and the sculptors Mr Forsyth and Mr Boulton, who have been successively employed under him, have taken extraordinary care for their preservation… [Worcester Herald]

26.03.1862

COMMUNICATIONS TO THE EDITOR. WORCESTER CATHEDRAL CARVINGS. … The carver and sculptor, Mr. R. Boulton, not Forsyth and Boulton, as appeared in Saturday’s Herald, is a person of acknowledged ability… JAS. BENNETT AND SON Birmingham, March 22nd, 1862. [Worcestershire Chronicle]

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