Stations of the Cross

Photo © Martin Crampin / Estate of Will Roberts Four of the Stations hung in the south aisle. larger image

1976 Fourteen Stations. medium: charcoal on paper technique: drawing artist: Will Roberts Copyright: Estate of Will Roberts Church of St David, Neath, Neath Port Talbot Some of the drawings are signed and dated. Some of the stations, such as Jesus is Taken Down from the Cross, are painted, but all are largely monochrome. There is a study by Roberts for the Stations in the National Library of Wales.  (ObjectID=1589 ImageID=8688) Original File Name=NeathStDavid_DSC6490B.jpg

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• Christ bewailed by women of Jerusalem; sometimes he consoles them - carrying of the cross  [Luke 23:27-31]
• Christ disrobed  [Matthew 27:35; Mark 15:24; Luke 23:34; John 19:23-24]
• Christ lying in the sarcophagus 
• Christ on the cross on Golgotha (alone, without bystanders)  [Matthew 27:45-58; Mark 15:33-45; Luke 23:44-52; John 19:25-38]
• Christ receives the cross - the procession to Calvary 
• Crucified Christ suffering (with crown of thorns)  [Matthew 27:33-58; Mark 15:22-45; Luke 23:33-52; John 19:17-38]
• descent from the cross: Christ is taken down from the cross  [Mark 15:46; Luke 23:53; John 19:38]
• Pilate showing Christ to the people, 'Ostentatio Christi', 'Ecce Homo'  [John 19:4-6]
• Simon the Cyrenian compelled to help Christ to bear the cross  [Matthew 27:32; Mark 15:21; Luke 23:26]
• the 14 Franciscan stations of the cross  [Matthew 27:; Mark 15:; Luke 23:; John 19:; John 18:28-40]
• the erection of the cross: Christ is nailed to the cross which lies on the ground  [Matthew 27:35; Mark 15:24; Luke 23:33]
• the first fall - Christ carrying the cross 
• the third fall - Christ carrying the cross 

Photo © Martin Crampin / Estate of Will Roberts