Decorative arch to welcome the Governor Sir Henry Loch to Grahamstown in 1890

Title: Decorative arch to welcome the Governor Sir Henry Loch to Grahamstown in 1890
Description: A decorative arch, part of the town decorations to welcome the Governor on the occasion of the laying of the foundation stone of the chancel of the Cathedral of St Michael and St George, reads in Latin "Praetorem Andreae pueri Aidanique salutant, omnes Patronum te clamant urbis alumni." (St Andrew's and St Aidan's boys greet the Governor, and all the scholars of the city schools hail their patron) Smaller shields read "Religio" and "Scientia". (Religion and knowledge)
Subject: Grahamstown, South Africa; Loch, Henry Brougham -- 1827-1900; St Michael and St George's Cathedral -- Grahamstown; Schools -- South Africa -- Grahamstown
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1019931
Date Issued: 1890-01-29
Creator: Barraud Brothers
Type: still image
Extent: 1 photograph
Language: Latin
Location - Physical Location: Original held at Cory Library for Humanities Research, situated at Rhodes University.
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