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Image title:	St. Cecilia
Source:	Hone, William: “Hone’s Everyday Book” (1826)
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Keywords:	angels, people, music, wings, bare feet, cherubs, christmas, greyscale, wallpaper, backgrounds
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	A crowned woman with long hair, robes and sandals wears a pendant and sits clutching her chest. A carved music seat in the shape of an eagle holds a score (sheet music). A winged angel plays a portable organ, while another angel or cherub looks on. In the background is a man wearing a toga, perhaps in a Roman style. ——Divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarg’d the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With nature’s mother-wit, and arts unknown before. Let old Timotheus yield the prize, Or both divide the crown; He rais’d a mortal to the skies, She drew an angel down.” (p. 1497)
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Image title:

St. Cecilia

Source:

Hone, William: “Hone’s Everyday Book” (1826)

Place shown:

none

Keywords:

angels, people, music, wings, bare feet, cherubs, christmas, greyscale, wallpaper, backgrounds

Status:

out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free stock image for all purposes usage credit requested
Please do not redistribute without permission, since running this site is expensive.

A crowned woman with long hair, robes and sandals wears a pendant and sits clutching her chest. A carved music seat in the shape of an eagle holds a score (sheet music). A winged angel plays a portable organ, while another angel or cherub looks on. In the background is a man wearing a toga, perhaps in a Roman style.

——Divine Cecilia came,
Inventress of the vocal frame;
The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store,
Enlarg’d the former narrow bounds,
And added length to solemn sounds,
With nature’s mother-wit, and arts unknown before.
Let old Timotheus yield the prize,
Or both divide the crown;
He rais’d a mortal to the skies,
She drew an angel down.” (p. 1497)

Filename:

1497-St-Cecelia-500x375.jpg

Blog image:

http://fromoldbooks.org/r/C/1497-St-Cecelia-500x375.jpg

Blog link:

http://fromoldbooks.org/r/C/pages/1497-St-Cecelia/

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600

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Add a link, leave a comment or change keywords

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