Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
Mary McLellan's headstone at Eastern Cemetery in Portland shows a skull and crossbones, the symbol of death with wings, usually a sign of the flight into eternity.
Mary Means McLellan (1740-1764) married William McLellan. The inscription on the headstone reads: Here lies y Body of
Mrs. Mary McLellan
wife of Capt. William
McLellan, who died
Feb the 24th 1764
In the 24th. Year
of her Age.
About This Item
- Title: Mary McLellan headstone from 1764, Portland, 1966
- Creator: Mason Philip Smith
- Creation Date: 1966
- Subject Date: 1764
- Location: Eastern Cemetery, Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 20 cm x 24 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 430, Box 1/4
- Collection: Mason Philip Smith photographs of gravestones in Maine cemeteries
- Object Type: Image
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- Christian art and symbolism
- Death
- Death in art
- Epitaphs--Maine--Portland
- Inscriptions--Maine--Portland
- McLellan, Mary, d. 1764--Death & Burial--Photographs
- McLellan, Mary, d. 1764-Monuments--Photographs
- Sepulchral monuments
- Soul in art
- Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Maine--Portland--Photographs
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For more information about this item, contact:
Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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