The painted angels — with round childlike faces and wings — once were among the defining features of Old North Church when they were painted around 1730. But officials at the church ...
Straddling the scaffolding high up in a historic Boston church, conservators are working to uncover eight angels that were hidden under layers of paint at Old North Church for more than a century.
The painted angels — with round childlike faces and wings — once were among the defining features of Old North Church when they were painted around 1730. But officials at the church ...
The Old North Church is famous for its role in the American Revolution in 1775. It's the place where the legendary Paul Revere hung two lanterns to warn that the British were coming. “Hang a ...
Gibbs also painted angels on the organ case and an altar ... He contacted Robert Newman, the sexton of the Old North Church, and asked him to hang two lanterns from the building’s tower.
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS—The Sentinel reports that conservators Gianfranco Pocobene and Corrine Long have removed seven layers of paint from eight images of angels at Boston’s Old North Church.
Mural conservators are working to uncover 20 angels hidden under layers of paint for more than a century at the Boston church made famous by Paul Revere. Gianfranco Pocobene has been working atop ...