A decidedly odd portrait bust in the mausoleum of a distinguished family!
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Egyptian revival delux(or)
A nice Egyptian revival mausoleum at West Laurel Hill with some de-luxor features!
Unhappy surprise
A wonderful stained glass window shines a light on a sad surprise in the Jackson mausoleum.
Hurrah for Harrah!
A man with a Charles Darwin beard stares out eternally at his wife, who is shrouded with a vast, heavy cover. West Laurel Hill–gotta love it!
Adolene, sweet Adolene
A West Laurel Hill treasure is the portrait of Adolene O. Pursell (1892-1916), spotted in the rear of the Lambert Ott mausoleum.
Two splendid funerary portraits
A man with the whiskers of Chester A. Arthur and a young woman with an extraordinary dress by a very talented sculptor in Rock Creek Cemetery.
The Chung funerary portraits
A wonderful surprise at Columbia Gardens: a funerary portrait in a neo-baroque mausoleum!
Some lesser treasures of Columbia Gardens Cemetery
A walk through some of the wild treasures of Columbia Gardens Cemetery in Arlington, VA.
Log-a-palooza!
An obsessive quest by Mr. Lloyd to get every conceivable grave furnishing in the rustic style has left us an astonishing, world-class plot in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond.
TFW?!
Here, ladies and gentlemen, is a mausoleum, in Glenwood Cemetery in Washington, D.C., designed by a spooney architect (figure 1). Now before I go an inch further, let me concede that if you ignore the details and slip the image a little out of focus, you have a fairly banal basic plan. The mausoleum is […]
