This is a design for a mural at the east end of the church of All Saints in Margaret Street, London, which has since been painted over. It represents three stages in the Life of Christ: the Nativity, the Crucifixion and the Glory of God in heaven. The Virgin Mary is here modelled by Isabella Cay, the painter's sister. Veneration of the Virgin was characteristic of Roman Catholicism but treated with extreme suspicion in Anglican circles in Victorian Britain. The centrality of the Virgin in this design thus reflects the High Church sympathies of All Saints' congregation. The colour scheme of the work is also unusual at this date. Its clear blues, pinks and greens, and the prominent gold haloes, were derived from early Renaissance altarpieces. They contrasted with the much darker palette of conventional 'Old Master' religious subjects then prevalent. The design is in an original frame that the artist is believed to have been designed.