Cherubs (530) nature Image: 12 x 20"

Image: 12 x 20"

The original woodcuts were published in various news weeklies of the period such as Harper's Weekly and Gleason's Pictorial

5"                            Paper: 10 x 14"

American City Views

Cherubs (530) nature Image: 12 x 20"ANTIQUITIES The technological improvement of engraving and printing resulted in a growing demand for books of subjects that had once been reserved for scholars. The study of antiquities found a growing audience. Readers who looked for records of the past in order to measure the progress of the present. The English fascination with the ancient Italians was evident in a volume published in 1773 in which we have reproduced four of the charming Cherubs