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Concept

Guardian angels

Images

  • A guardian angel (or Night) carries a sleeping child. Etching by James Basire, 1763, after Domenico Cresti, il Passignano.
  • A guardian angel is carrying a child up into the sky to an altar dedicated to a parody of the Virgin. Etching by James Gillray, 1805.
  • A guardian angel leads a child by the hand. Coloured lithograph by F. Mitjana.
  • A believer, called by death, with his guardian angel pointing to heaven, where saints will intercede for him. Etching by An[dreas] Trost.
  • A boy with a guardian angel pointing to heaven. Engraving by P. Aquila after C. Maratti.
All images (5)

Catalogue

    • Pictures

    A father, a mother and children, watched over by angels; representing the will of God. Lithograph, 18--.

    | Date: [between 1800 and 1899] | Reference: 2491119i
    • Pictures

    Guardian angels around a reclining child Engraving by G. Zancon after F. Bartolozzi.

    Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815. | Reference: 2500238i
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    • Online

    A boy with a guardian angel pointing to heaven. Engraving by P. Aquila after C. Maratti.

    Maratti, Carlo, 1625-1713. | Date: [not after 1696] | Reference: 27468i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A guardian angel (or Night) carries a sleeping child. Etching by James Basire, 1763, after Domenico Cresti, il Passignano.

    Cresti, Domenico, 1559-1638. | Date: 1778 | Reference: 29672i
    • Books

    Troubling the angels : women living with HIV/AIDS / Patti Lather and Chris Smithies.

    Lather, Patricia, 1948- | Date: 2019
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