To the memory of
Mrs. LUCY KEATING
The amiable consort of
Mr. Oliver Keating
Ob. Oct. 15, 1803
Æt. 44.
2 comments:
Jim Blachowicz
said...
Lettering suggests to me this was carved by an employee of the Geyer workshop named Benjamin Hodgdon, who quite carving in 1805. But the cherub/angel is pretty unique. So it's a very early marble -- not unheard of in the first years of the 19th century, even on the Atlantic coast away from Vermont.
2 comments:
Lettering suggests to me this was carved by an employee of the Geyer workshop named Benjamin Hodgdon, who quite carving in 1805. But the cherub/angel is pretty unique. So it's a very early marble -- not unheard of in the first years of the 19th century, even on the Atlantic coast away from Vermont.
Thanks!
I have this one up on my Flicr with no info....couldn't read the thing. I think I have her down as "Lucy Somethingorother-ing".
It really must have been a beautiful stone in its day.
-Kristin
(Spotboslow)
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