DescriptionChristchurch Cathedral: Panel No. 3 on the Selwyn Memorial Pulpit. The incident represented is the settling of the Church Constitution in 1857. Bishop Selwyn, with upraised hand, said, "Well then, we understand the Constitution is settled." On Selwyn's left are Bishop Abraham and Archdeacon (later Bishop) Hadfield, and on his right are Sir William Martin (Chief Justice), William Swainson (Attorney General), and another layman. THis copy cut out and mounted on black card. (Description from A Guide to Christchurch Cathedral, 1954)
Christchurch Cathedral Selwyn Memorial Pulpit. John Kinder Theological Library, accessed 19/03/2026, https://kinderlibrary.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/12560
