An early devotional work in marble, this grouping of St Joseph and the Christ Child was made for the Convent of Divine Providence in Foxford, Co. Mayo — likely in the late 1920s. Foxford, known for its woollen mills established by the Sisters of Charity, was a notable centre of religious and social enterprise in the west of Ireland.
Power returned to the St Joseph and Christ Child subject in limestone in 1941 for Garbally College, Co. Galway, demonstrating the enduring demand for this type of devotional commission throughout his career.