L’Architectura details

Architecture.

A cherub sits on a stone plinth; the boy is naked excet for a billowing cape and a sprig of leaves tied to his head. In his lap he cradles a shell. The engraving is signed H. Scott, and Froment Sc. (i.e. Scuplt, or engraved). The caption reads as follows:

I understand the caption to mean that Galland designed and painted the mural, which is at the house of Monsieur Sedille. Presumably H. Scott drew it for the magazine from wich I scanned it, and Froment would surely be Eugène Froment, the French wood engraver.

I have cleaned this image up a little more than usual (and the other three similar images), making sure that the dark area is entirely black and free from ink bubbles, so that you can use it for other text.

The others in the series are Painting, music and sculpture.