Our Lady of Labour. Dimensions: 39 x 50 x 7.4 cm.

The plaque features an image of a half length Virgin Mary sitting down. Baby Jesus is sitting on an anvil on her left . The Virgin is holding a bunch of flowers, and her Child a wheat sheaf. In the background there are smoking chimneys and building site scaffolding. The composition has a classic, Renaissance-inspired style, but the image is completed with a range of symbols that point clearly to the world of modern labour: peasant labour (ears of wheat), craftsmen's labour (the anvil) and workmen's labour (factories and building sites).