Our Lady of Westminster

Our Lady of Westminster is a late Medieval statue of the Madonna and child, now to be found at the entrance of the Lady Chapel in Westminster Cathedral, London, under the thirteenth Station of the Cross. The image is made of English alabaster, is flat backed, 36 inches high and depicts the Virgin Mary enthroned with the Christ Child on her right knee. She is crowned and holds a sceptre (now broken) in her left hand, the Christ child looks up at her and holds a globe with one hand, whilst with the other he blesses it. This statue is one of the greatest treasures of the cathedral and may rightly be said to be the oldest item housed there, as the cathedral itself is a 19th century foundation.