Painting Item Number: 2862/41 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Painting shows an angel in human form, wings slightly spread behind him. His face is rosy, with a slight smile, and his hair is long and curled. He is dressed in colonial style clothing, with an elaborate blue and gold coat that falls to the knees and has lacy cuffs and collar, and a red and gold cape. Below the knees he is clothed in stockings and small black shoes with ribbons. On his head is a wide hat with feathers and ribbons. The angel holds a rifle ? in his left hand. The background of the painting shows a dark sky, foliage at the lower left, and water on the lower right.