21 AUGUST 1993, Page 30

Cherubic

In one of the pews towards the front of the church the arms of a child appear at each side of her father who is holding her. Disproportionately small arms waving like wings.

Putting me in mind of images of the Seraphim their long imagined bodies edged with six little wings: two veiling their faces; two their feet; flying, as here, with the other two.

Michael Kelly