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Title
The painting "Guardian Angel" by Plockhorst, depicting children being attended by an angel in the wilderness
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Plockhorst, Bernard
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of a the painting "Guardian Angel" by Plockhorst, depicting children being attended by an angel in the wilderness, [s.d.]. A young boy and girl play in the forest at the edge of a cliff: the girl collects flowers while the boy reaches out for a butterfly. The boy clasps the girl's wrist, keeping them together. Behind them, a female angel holds her hands out magnanimously, her wings spread.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
26 x 21 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
art
Identifier
chs-m18443
USC-1-1-1-14104 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-8770
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m18443
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-8770.jpg
Subject
Art--Christian #3
Art
Forests
Source
8770 [Accession number]
CHS-8770 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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