Victorian die-cut winged cherub holding a flower cornucopia – Historic Print
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Description
Few images capture their era like this historic image of Victorian die-cut winged cherub holding a flower cornucopia. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Victorian die-cut winged cherub holding a flower cornucopia
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Few collectors of scrap pictures have resisted a winged cherub, and this one stands out for its cornucopia, a horn-shaped vessel spilling blossoms, which the cherub carries as an offering of plenty. The image belongs to the Victorian decorative tradition of die-cut scraps, small printed and embossed paper pieces made in the later nineteenth century and often pasted into albums, cards, and keepsakes. Such cherubs drew on older religious painting, where winged infants and angels stood for innocence and blessing, but by the Victorian era they had become sentimental ornaments for greeting cards and valentines. Notice the delicate cut edges, which show how skilled the die-makers were at turning a simple sheet of paper into a sculptural, layered figure.
| Original scan | 626 × 1,040 px |
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| Reference | Angels011 |
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