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Gravestone of the Holmes Children

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Artist/Creator (1)	unknown American artist
Title/Caption	Gravestone of the Holmes Children
Variant Title/Caption	Tombstone of the Holmes Children; Tomstone of the Holmes Boys
Site/Creative Center	Connecticut (United States)
Date of Work	1794-1795
Inscription	This Monument is erected to the Memory of Four Lovely / and promising Sons of Mr. Appleton and Mrs. Lydia Holmes / Appleton died Feb. 24th AD 1795 / in the 9th Year of his Age / Ozias died Feb. 23d AD 1795 / in the 7th Year of his Age / Burridg died Dec. 20th AD 1794 / in the 12th Year of his Age / Calvin died Feb. 25th AD 1795 / in the 12th Year of his Age
Description of View	Front side. View in cemetery
Technique/Process	sculpture
Materials/Medium	brownstone (sandstone)
Dimensions	H: 46 in.
Century	18th Century
Style of Work	Federal
Location.Current Site/City & Country	East Glastonbury, Connecticut (United States)
Subject	Sculpture, American Sculpture, 17th Century Funerary art Tombstones (sepulchral monuments) Heads (representations) Trees Branches, broken
Collection Title	Sculpture (Art and Art History Department images)
Collection Information	Collection administered by Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library (402) 472-1193
Copyright Information	http://contentdm.unl.edu/ah_copyright.html