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So you thought cherubs were those chubby, angelic, mythic, baby-like creatures floating about in religious paintings of a certain period. Here is photographic proof that they exist in real life – fully clothed, no less!

In our family, we referred to them irreverently as “little nekkid babies”; in fact, we had one atop our Christmas tree for years until we replaced it with a grownup angel, at which time it graduated (or was demoted?) to the chain fob on a ceiling fan. Like I said, no respect here. I digress.

We treasure our own family photographs going back eight generations to the advent of the camera, so to see this lovely and beautifully dressed child without a name or family identity is sobering. So we have adopted her and she gets respect.