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Twelve Putti Playing Instruments

Collection Type

  • Photography

GUSN

GUSN-222808

Description

Photograph of carved high reliefe cherubs. SFrom the right, the first cherub plays a harp, the second a tambourine, the third a bifurcated pipe, the fourth a flute, the fifth has two cherubs singing from a book, the sixth a lute, the seventh a flute, the eghth a bifurcated pipe, the ninth a stringed instrument, the tenth a tambourine, the eleventh two symbols, and the twelfth has two cherubs singing from a book.

Details

Descriptive Terms

photographic prints
wood (plant material)
photographic materials
Print, Photographic

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

P562

Maker

W.H. Gardner (Framer)

Location of Origin

Salem, Massachusetts, United States

Dimensions

8 14/16 x 33 8/16 x 9/16 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.985

Places

Massachusetts (United States)
Salem (Essex county, Massachusetts)

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