Madonna and Child
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Location
| Street: | Church Street |
| Town: | Petworth |
| Parish: | Petworth |
| Council: | Chichester District Council |
| County: | West Sussex |
| Postcode: | GU28 |
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| 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 |
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