2-699-132 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The Flower Sermon in St. Catherine Cree Church', c1872. Service in the guild church of St Katharine Cree in the City of London. During the 'annual flower sermon on Whit-Monday, which is largely attended: the congregation all wear flowers, and a large bouquet is placed on the pulpit before the preacher'. From Old and New London, Vol. II: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places, by Walter Thornbury. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York]