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Cherub head

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Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

ca. 1819

GUSN

GUSN-189427

Description

Plaster cherub heads from Harvard Church, Charlestown, MA [built in 1819].

Details

Descriptive Terms

architectural elements
plaster
Neoclassical

Associated Person

Quincy, Edmund, 1903-1997

Additional Identification Number

8.21
EQ23

People and Organizations

Metropolitan Moving & Storage

Quincy, Edmund, 1903-1997

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

8 x 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Estate of Edmund Quincy

Accession Number

2009.5.21.2

Places

Charlestown (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Massachusetts (United States)
Charlestown (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

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