In Christianity, the Annunciation is the revelation to Mary, the mother of Jesus  by the archangel Gabriel that she would conceive a child to be born the Son of God. The Christion churches celebrate this with the feast of Annunciation on March 25, which is nine months before the feast of theNativity of Jesus, or Christmas.   The date of the Annunciation was also the New Year in many places, including England (where it is called Lady Day and the American colonies. The traditional location of the Annunciation is in the town of Nazareth, Israel, where is currently located the Church of the Annunciation.

Geoffrey James Selway, artist and former resident of Walsingham, was asked  to produce the Annunciation painting for the Roman Catholic National Shrine at Walsingham where it was place on permanent display in the cloisters area. The painting is in acrylic and gold leaf.