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Tag Archives: obelisk

Net profits

Come see a splendid Egyptian revival mausoleum in Edinburgh!

Posted bygsb03632January 18, 2021Posted inarchitecture, cemeteriesTags: Edinburgh UK, Egyptian Revival, false door, obelisk, The Grange Cemetery, World War I, World War IILeave a comment on Net profits

Hartranft obelisk

An attractive setting to photograph, with a dismaying surprise.

Posted bygsb03632July 11, 2020Posted inAmerican funerary portraits, cemeteries, landscape architecture, photography, public artTags: bas relief, Montgomery Cemetery, Norristown PA, obelisk, portrait roundel, vandalismLeave a comment on Hartranft obelisk

Tomb of the shipbuilder

The monogram alone is worth the price of admission!

Posted bygsb03632May 1, 2020June 2, 2020Posted incemeteriesTags: Brooklyn NY, Green-Wood Cemetery, hawser, laurel wreath, obelisk, shipbuilder2 Comments on Tomb of the shipbuilder

The life beyond

A fascinatingly literal conceit on an otherwise handsome obelisk monument.

Posted bygsb03632October 30, 2019June 18, 2020Posted incemeteriesTags: Entmythologisierung, Glenwood Cemetery, Leesburg VA, obelisk, rustic monument, Union Cemetery, Washington D.C.Leave a comment on The life beyond

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