2-982-215 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Testimonials presented to the New Bishop of Calcutta, 1858. The ceremony of '...the annual distribution of prizes at Marlborough College...derived peculiar interest from the fact that the late Head Master of the school, the Rev. George Lynch Cotton, D.D., availed himself of the occasion to take his farewell of the establishment preparatory to proceeding to the scene of his new labours as Lord Bishop of Calcutta...The gift of the old Marlburians consisted of a richly-chased silver waiter, bearing the arms and seal of Marlborough College, and an appropriate Latin inscription. The testimonial of the present pupils comprised two pieces of plate: one was a splendid candelabrum, also forming an epergne, of an entirely new design, appropriately taken from the Indian lily. The third piece was a silver inkstand, with classical representations of the four elements in relief. All those works, which we have engraved, were executed by Mr. C. F. Hancock, silversmith and jeweller, of Bruton-street, Bond-street, whose skill and taste were, as usual, conspicuous in the design and execution of each'. From "Illustrated London News", 1858.