Winters are cozy in the Daversa mausoleum.
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Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
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There are some wonderful monuments that feature a symbolic empty chair.
Funerary landscaping
A photo essay on the stages of decay of funerary landscape architecture.
Flora!
An informal presentation of some floral shots I’ve taken. No commentary.
The Ida May Vare stained glass portrait
A rather beautiful stained glass window features the portrait of Ida May Vare, who died in Beijing at age 22.
An outdoor portrait bust
I never expected to find a portrait bust displayed on the exterior of a monument! And it hasn’t been stolen!
A delightful tomb with a religious theme
A religiously themed monument in Druid Ridge that avoids cliché with some novel imagery.
Photographic funerary portraits
Here I open up a new category of funerary portraits: framed photos serving like portrait busts.
The Harrington portrait
A decidedly odd portrait bust in the mausoleum of a distinguished family!
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.
The Chung funerary portraits
A wonderful surprise at Columbia Gardens: a funerary portrait in a neo-baroque mausoleum!
A funerary portrait relief in West Laurel Hill
John W. Forney monument. West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, PA. Photo: author. Here, in his Sunday best, is John W. Forney (1817-1881), a Lincoln republican who served twice as Clerk of the House and once as Secretary of the Senate of the United States. His day job was as a successful newspaper publisher. If …
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The corner problem
Figure 1. Rouss mausoleum, c. 1902. Detail: façade. Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, VA. Photo: author. The handsome Rouss mausoleum in Mt. Hebron Cemetery in Winchester, VA, is a fine, attentively designed version of a Greek Doric temple (figures 1, 2). Built after Rouss died in 1902, it varies in a dozen ways from the most …
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