St Christopher Carrying The Christ Child
St Christopher Carrying The Christ Child
3D
Published 2021-03-29T14:50:49+00:00
A stone statue of St Christopher carrying the Christ child in the Museum of London.
“Found in a Tudor wall on the site of Newgate Prison in 1903”
Date: late 15th Century
Statue of St Christopher carrying the Christ Child. The limbs of St Christopher and the head, legs and hands of Christ are missing. St Christopher is the patron saint of travel and travellers. Medieval Londoners believed 'whoever shall behold the image of St Christopher shall not faint or fall on that day', so statues of the saint were placed at the entrances of houses and churches, and by bridges. Found in a Tudor wall on the site of Newgate Prison in 1903.
59 photos taken in September 2019 with a Sony a6000 and processed in Agisoft Metashape.
| Date published | 29/03/2021 |
| Title | St Christopher Carrying The Christ Child |
| Date | 15th century |
| Dimension | H 1000 mm; W 320 mm; D 280 mm; WT 110 kg |
| Medium | stone |
| Credit | https://collections.museumoflondon.org.uk/online/object/35564.html |
| Place | Museum of London |