Madonna and Child
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Location
Street: | Church Street |
Town: | Petworth |
Parish: | Petworth |
Council: | Chichester District Council |
County: | West Sussex |
Postcode: | GU28 |
Location on Google Map | |
Object setting: | Inside building |
and in: | Religious |
Access is: | Public |
Location note: | Underneath the organ, the Baptistry, Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin |
In the AZ book: | West Sussex |
Page: | 61 |
Grid reference: | N9 |
The A-Z books used are A-Z East Sussex and A-Z West Sussex (Editions 1A 2005). Geographers' A-Z Map Company Ltd. Sevenoaks. | |
Previous location: | Previously behind the High Altar |
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Makers
Name : | John Flaxman |
Role: | Sculptor |
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General Information
Work is: | Extant |
Owner custodian: | Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Petworth. |
Description: | Faces east, affixed to the wall. A white marble finely carved medallion relief of a Madonna and child, set into a grey / brown marble frame. |
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Classification
Categories: | Sculptural, Religious |
Object type1: | Sculpture |
Object type2: | Relief |
Subject type1: | Pictorial |
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Object Parts
Part 1: | Relief and frame |
Material: | Marble |
Height (cm): | 85 |
Width (cm): | 76 |
Depth (cm): | 8 |
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Object Condition
Overall condition: | Fair |
Risk assessment: | No known risk |
Condition 1 of type: | Structural |
Condition 1: | Cracks, splits, breaks, holes |
More details: | A crack runs fully across the medallion through the face of the Madonna and across the neck and arm of the child. |
Date of on-site inspection: | 13/02/2008 |
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History
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References
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Photographs
Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons | Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons | Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
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