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Restoration uncovers 18th-century cherubs at a historic church in Boston
Conservators are uncovering 18th-century painted angels hidden under layers of paint at Boston's Old North Church ... it probably is one of the earliest colonial American decorations in the ...
Smithsonian Magazine27d
Conservators Are Uncovering Elaborate Angel Murals Hidden Behind Seven Layers of White Paint at a Colonial-Era Church
the Old North Church is the oldest surviving church building in Boston. Its congregants were Anglicans, a minority compared to the many Puritans living in Boston during the colonial era.