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Sunday, December 6, 2020

C H E R U B S . . . winged babies of the past

1921 exterior ornate wall with radiating cherub
a 1921 exterior wall ... winged babies in artwork are called 'cherubs',  used mostly in Christian Southern Europe in past centuries and later as ornament and cartoon
         
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a 1879 mirror frame of many cherubs
could a modern person look in this 1879 mirror and not laugh?
      
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a Carlos Bady fashion illustration of a pretty woman with cherubs
a Carlos Bady fashion illustration
      
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a Carlos Bady fashion illustration of a woman with telephone and hovering cherubs
Carlos Bady
      
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Dorothy Lathrop 1968, a cherub in a glass snow globe
Dorothy Lathrop 1968
      
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a 1917 parade float car with flowers and cherubs
a 1917 parade float
          
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Noel Fontanet, Parasol Moderne, a color advertising poster with a pretty woman, a cherub, and a parasol
Noel Fontanet
      
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a Lucien Gaillard pendant 1890s, an anti-cherub
a Lucien Gaillard
pendant 1890s
      
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a 1889 World's Fair Paris, a molding of a cherub on a lion
at the 1889 World's Fair in Paris
      
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Otto Wagner 1906 architecture, a bridge
Otto Wagner architecture, 
1906
      
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a 1886 German cherub in color ornament
1886 German ornament
      
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Franz von Stuck, a cherub riding a centaur
Franz von Stuck      
see full size
      
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Auguste Racinet 1877
 Auguste Racinet ornament,  1877
      
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Valentine chocolate boxes with cupids, a 1910 advertising illustration
Valentine boxes of
chocolates,  1910
      
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a 1909 penny arcade, detailed photograph
a 1909 penny arcade      
see full size
        
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Fritz Hegenbart illustration Jugend
a Fritz Hegenbart illustration for Jugend
      
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Walter Crane 1878 endpapers, cherubs in blue
Walter Crane 1878,  the endpapers of a book      
see full size
      
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1851 Great Exhibition London Cage Of Cupids
"Porcelain
Cage Of Cupids,  at the Crystal Palace"    The Great Exhibition of London,  1851
      
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Louis Moe, a cherub and two Rhinos
Louis Moe      
see full size
      
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a Linley Sambourne illustration at the end of a book, a cherub FINIS
a Linley Sambourne illustration at the end of an 1800s book, "FINIS"
      
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1500s cherubs ornament in a pen drawing
1500s
      
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an Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale illustration of death and birth
Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale
      
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M. Powolny 1914 design, a photograph
M. Powolny
,  1914
      
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a Herbert Paus 1934 illustration for The American Magazine January, a modern cherub in industry
a Herbert Paus illustration,  1934
      
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1600s? cherubs with skull from a 1800s book
1600s? cherubs from an 1800s book
      
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1890 German illustration of a writer with a cherub
"The sure man.  Drawing by M.v. Fade to the tale of Morikean" 
an 1890 German illustration       see full size
      
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1890 illustration, a woman standing beneath ornate pillars with cherubs, Lustschloss
an 1890 illustration of Hellbrunn Palace near Salzburg
      
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a Yan Dargent drawing of an anti-cherub
a Yan Dargent drawing of an anti-cherub
      
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1887 cherub baby in a snail shell
1887,  is this a cherub?
      
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Julius Diez 1900? The Love Note, Cupid in a garden with a pretty woman
"The Love Note"    Julius Diez,  1900