view gallery |  Chess Board (Gale) - Fullerton, CA
in Funerary Art A tombstone where one can sit and play chess at Loma Vista Memorial Park in Fullerton, California. posted by: bluesnote location: California date approved: 5/12/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Clothed katafalque (Van Rijckevorsel) - Rijsenburg, Utrecht, The Netherlands
in Funerary Art A bluestone tomb with the appearance of a catafalque, overlaid with a true-to-life sculpted cloth. posted by: Axel-F location: Utrecht, Netherlands date approved: 5/7/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Woman in Robes - (Ponce de León) - San Juan
in Funerary Art A women in robes is featured on the The tomb of Juan Ponce de León. The tomb is located in the Cathedral of San Juan Bautista in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. posted by: neoc1 location: Puerto Rico date approved: 5/5/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Running Horse - (Loew-Digges) - Amherst, MA
in Funerary Art A running horse markes the grave of poet and writer Deborah Leah Sugarbaker Digges and her husband Franklin Martin Loew. The grave is located in Wildwood Cemetery, 70 Strong Street, Amherst, MA. posted by: neoc1 location: Massachusetts date approved: 4/27/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Allegorical figures of railroading, shipping, trade and the theater - (Fisk) - Brattleboro, VT
in Funerary Art Allegorical figures of railroading, trade, shipping, and the theater are on the monument of notorious "Robber Barons" James Fisk Jr in Prospect Hill Cemetery at 94 South Main St. Brattleboro, VT. posted by: neoc1 location: Vermont date approved: 4/18/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Bettie's Angel (Hill) - Keytesville, MO
in Funerary Art The Redding-Hill house is about 3 block away and listed on the NRHP...for this family which was integral in the towns success. posted by: YoSam. location: Missouri date approved: 4/15/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Marble Bust (Lida Croom Hodges) - Wharton City Cemetery - Wharton TX USA
in Funerary Art The elegant, haunting, and somewhat strange tombstone of Lida Croom Hodges in Wharton City Cemetery hints at some possible fraught family emotional drama that continues beyond the grave. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Texas date approved: 4/15/2022 last visited: 4/27/2022 |
view gallery |  Allegory of Italy in Mourning - (Alfieri) - Florence, Italy
in Funerary Art The allegorical figure Italy in Mourning weeping over the tomb of Italian playwright and poet Vittorio Alfreri is located in the Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence, Italy. posted by: neoc1 location: Toscana, Italy date approved: 4/13/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Young Boy (McCombie) - Boalsburg, Pennsylvania
in Funerary Art A memorial statue of a young boy holding a model airplane looking up towards the sky. Located in the Boalsburg Cemetery, Centre County, PA. posted by: ted28285 location: Pennsylvania date approved: 4/8/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Trumpet on top of Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong Marker - Flushing NY
in Funerary Art The Trumpet sculpture is on top of the large black marble grave marker inscribed "Satchmo" Louis Armstrong. It has many coins and rocks on the top of the marker. Also a footstone is there. It is located in Section 9, Flushing Cemetery, Flushing NY. posted by: Don.Morfe location: New York date approved: 4/8/2022 last visited: 4/9/2022 |
view gallery |  Colonial Era Girl (Kaiser) - Zion Lutheran Cemetery - Lone Elm, MO
in Funerary Art Only statue tombstone in this country cemetery. posted by: YoSam. location: Missouri date approved: 4/3/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Bust of Rossini, Music, Arch - (Rossini) - Florence, Italy
in Funerary Art The tomb of Gioachino Rossini is framed by an elaborate arch. An allegorical sculpture of Music stands before the tomb and a bust of Rossini is beneath the apex of the arch. The tomb is located in the Basilica of Santa Croce, Florence, Italy. posted by: neoc1 location: Toscana, Italy date approved: 3/29/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Angel Gabriel Playing a Trumpet (Prima) - New Orleans LA
in Funerary Art The Angel Gabriel Playing a Trumpet sculpture is on the top of the Louis Prima mausoleum located in Section 88, Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, LA. Louis Prima was a famous trumpet player in the late 1930's through the 1970's. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Louisiana date approved: 3/28/2022 last visited: 3/28/2022 |
view gallery |  Angel writing in book (Craig) - Bristol, VA USA
in Funerary Art The conspicuous tombstone for Robert Craig in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Bristol, VA posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: Virginia date approved: 3/24/2022 last visited: 3/24/2022 |
view gallery |  Leonardo Bruni Lying In State, Madonna and Child with Two Angels, arch frame - (Bruni) - Florence, Italy,
in Funerary Art The tomb of historian, author and statesman Leonardo Bruni is located in the Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence, Italy. posted by: neoc1 location: Toscana, Italy date approved: 3/22/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Woodsmens Log Cabin (Severs) - Charlotte, NC USA
in Funerary Art A stunning red granite log cabin serves as the tombstone for Henry G. Severs in Elmwood Cemetery. posted by: Benchmark Blasterz location: North Carolina date approved: 3/22/2022 last visited: 3/22/2022 |
view gallery |  Bust of Vittorio Fossombroni, Geniuses of Tolerance and Agriculture - (Fossombroni) - Florence, Italy
in Funerary Art Above the tomb of statesman and hydrologic engineer Vittorio Fossombroni are sculptures of Victtorio Fossombroni and the Geniuses of Tolerance and Agriculture. The tomb is located in the Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence, Italy. posted by: neoc1 location: Toscana, Italy date approved: 3/18/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  The Liberty of Poetry - (Nicolini) - Florence, Italy
in Funerary Art The sculpture The Liberty of Poetry marks the grave of Italian poet and playwright Giovan Battista Nicolini. His grave is located in the Basilica of Santa Croce, Florence, Italy. posted by: neoc1 location: Toscana, Italy date approved: 3/12/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Dutch Colonial House (Zifcak) - Swan Point Cemetery - Providence, Rhode Island
in Funerary Art The headstone for Celina H. (Dietrich) and Anthony P. Zifcak takes the form of a Dutch Colonial home carved from a solid piece of granite. Their interment is at Swan Point Cemetery in Providence, Rhode Island. posted by: 401Photos location: Rhode Island date approved: 3/12/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Bust of Michelangelo, Muses of Sculpture, Painting and Architecture - (Buonarroti Simoni) - Florence, Italy
in Funerary Art Tomb of Michelangelo Buonarroti Simoni contains a marble bust of Michelangelo and three allegorical sculptures representing the muses of sculpture, painting and architecture. The tomb is located at the Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence, Italy. posted by: neoc1 location: Toscana, Italy date approved: 3/12/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Un accident de train (Boileau) - Tours, Centre, France
in Funerary Art François Boileau died in 1878 during the derailment of the freight train he was driving. Astonishingly a representation of his dislocated train was carved on his grave. posted by: Tromel location: Centre-Val-de-Loire, France date approved: 3/7/2022 last visited: 3/7/2022 |
view gallery |  Angel of Sorrow (Arthur) - Colonie, NY
in Funerary Art The Angel of Sorrow sculpture is found on the sarcophagus of the 21st President of the United States, Chester A. Arthur. The sculpture and sarcophagus is located in Albany Rural Cemetery in the Village of Menands in Colonie, NY. posted by: neoc1 location: New York date approved: 2/24/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Sculptures of Saint Cosmas, Madonna and Child & Saint Damian - (de' Medici) - Florence, Italy
in Funerary Art Sculptures of Saint Cosmas, Madonna and Child and Saint Damian are found on the tomb of Lorenzo de' Medici known as Lorenzo the Magnificent and his brother Guiliano in the Medici Chapel at Piazza di Madonna degli Aldobrandini, 6, Florence, Italy posted by: neoc1 location: Toscana, Italy date approved: 2/22/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Little Girl (Koroinen) - Turku, Finland
in Funerary Art Sukuhauta Maarian kirkon vieressä. Family grave next to St. Mary's Church. posted by: Smurffaaja location: Finland date approved: 2/20/2022 last visited: never |
view gallery |  repatriados Cruz Roja - Vigo, Pontevedra, Galicia, España
in Funerary Art To those who fell in Cuba and the Philippines posted by: Ariberna location: Galicia, Spain date approved: 2/11/2022 last visited: 2/12/2022 |
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