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Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: June 14, 2014
Caption: Carved in Stone Marker
Additional Description: Click on image to enlarge
Captions (clockwise from the top, left. English / French): A typical Massachusetts Bay slate with “deathhead” or stylized skull image marks the grave of a young woman who died in childbirth. Martha Binney, slate 1757 (SD) / Voici un pierre tombale un ardoise typique de la baie de Massachusetts. Une version stylisée d’une tête de mort décore la tombe d’une jeune femme morte en couches. Martha Binney, ardoise 1757 (SD); The stone for the “Master Carpenter in His Majesty’s Service”, carved in sandstone by the Halifax carver James Hay, shows crossed bones (death), a crowned skull (resurrection), an hourglass (time), all under the winged angle head. John Crowley, sandstone, 1783 (4D) / Cette pierre en grès montre la tête ailée d’un ange qui domine deux on croises (la mort), un crâne couronne (la résurrection) et un sablier (le tempe). James Hay, originaire d’Halifax, a taillé cette cette pier tombale du “maitre charpentier au service du sa Majesté le roi”. John Crowley, grès, 1783 (4D); An urn, which may also be a lamp, stands under this weeping willow. Capt. James Fullerton, sandstone, 1838 (3A) / Une urne ou peut-être une lampe est placée sous un saule pleureur. Capitaine James Fullerton, grès, 1838 (3A); A bird, symbolizing the soul, perches atop a relief-carved urn, representing the earthly body. John and Margaret Taylor, sandstone, 1799/8 (5C) / Un oiseau, symbole de l’âme, se perche sur une urne de relief qui incarne le corps. John and Margaret Taylor, grès, 1799/8 (5C); A Halifax ironstone or local slate decorated with a winged cherub guards this grave. Mary Campbell, slate, 1774 (4D) / Cette tombe en ardoise locale est ornée d’un chérubia ailé. Mary Campbell, ardoise, 1774 (4D).
Submitted: October 8, 2014, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p288290
File Size: 3.463 Megabytes

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