Mount Vernon Cemetery, West Boylston, MA

Although It Could Be Easily Mistaken for a Cherub With a Pained Expression, This Statue Found Next to a Gravesite at Mount Vernon Cemetery in West Boylston Can Be Identified as Cupid Because of His Signature Quiver of Arrows (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on January 26, 2018)

St. Luke’s Cemetery, Westborough, MA

Somewhat Similar in Appearance to Either a Cupid or a Cherub, a Putto (Such as This One Found on a Gravestone at St. Luke’s Cemetery) Looks Like a Small Boy, Usually Chubby Faced, Often Winged, and Almost Always Nude (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on September 4, 2015)

Tower Hill Botanic Gardens, Boylston, MA

A Cherub (or Perhaps Cupid Himself) Enjoying Libations at Tower Hill Botanic Gardens in Boylston, Massachusetts (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on August 19, 2013)

Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Boylston, MA

Janus, the Two-Faced Roman God of Beginnings and Transitions (Hence Also of Gates, Doors, Passages, Endings, and Time) Greets All Who Enter or Leave a Woodland Path at Tower Hill Botanic Garden (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on August 12, 2013)

Tower Hill Botanic Gardens, Boylston, MA

A Shy Goddess Hides Amidst the Foliage at Tower Hill Botanic Gardens in Boylston, MA (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on August 12, 2013)

Cargill Falls Mill, Putnam, CT

A Statue of a Maiden Dressed in Either Ancient Greek or Roman Garb Stands Outside the Historic Cargill Falls Mill (One of the First Cotton Mills to Operate in America) in Putnam, Connecticut (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on July 26, 2015)

Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA

The Bearded Face of a Man (or, Perhaps, an Unidentified Greek or Roman God) Stares Out From a Large Brass Urn in Front of a Brownstone on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, MA (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on June 12, 2015)

Main Street, Southbridge, MA

A Surprisingly Anatomically Correct Depiction of Cupid, the Roman God of Love and Desire, Seen (Without His Signature Bow and Arrows) on a Large Black Cast Iron Planter Along the Side of Main Street in Southbridge, MA (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on December 8, 2016)

Pleasant Street, Spencer, MA

An Example of a Putto (a Chubby Male Child Usually Naked and Winged) Representing Either a Cherub or (More Likely in This Case) Cupid Carrying a Bunch of Large Grapes on His Shoulder in a Front Yard Garden on Pleasant Street in Spencer, MA (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on February 7, 2019)

The Manor Restaurant and Banquet Facility, West Boylston, MA

A Plaster Statue of Apollo, the Ancient Greek and Roman God of Medicine and Music (Identified by His Lyre), Found on the Grounds of the Manor Restaurant and Banquet Facility Located on West Boylston Street in West Boylston, MA (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on October 16, 2017)