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Bequest of Roderick Bissell Jones, 1974.56.868, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyri ...
Cherubs
Bequest of Roderick Bissell Jones, 1974.56.868, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright

Cherubs

Date1880
MediumPainting; oil on canvas in oval frame
DimensionsOther (sight, oval, height x width): 17 × 21in. (43.2 × 53.3cm) Frame (oval, height x width): 19 × 23in. (48.3 × 58.4cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineBequest of Roderick Bissell Jones
Object number1974.56.868
DescriptionCopy of painting of cherubs by J. Boucher (1758) by Anne H. Bradford. There are eight cherubs in clouds. One is standing, another is kneeling on one knee, and there is the head of another visible between the first two. The other five are visible along the perimeter of the painting. There is a faint light in the background. In front of the three main cherubs is a staff with a banner on it. Two signatures, J. Boucher 1758, and Anne H. Bradford 1880, are at the bottom of the painting.
Status
Not on view