Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
The headstone of Mary Nasson, buried in 1774 in York Village, has the image of a beautiful woman, the folds of whose dress form wings on her arms. Women represent sorrow or grief and the wings are the flight to the afterlife.
About This Item
- Title: Mary Nasson headstone, 1774, York Village, 1965
- Creator: Mason Philip Smith
- Creation Date: 1965
- Subject Date: 1965
- Location: York, York County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 20 cm x 24 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 430, Box 1/18
- Collection: Mason Philip Smith photographs of gravestones in Maine cemeteries
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Angels in art
- Christian art and symbolism
- Death
- Death in art
- Epitaphs--Maine--York
- Inscriptions--Maine--York
- Nasson, Mary, d. 1774--Death & Burial--Photographs
- Nasson, Mary, d. 1774--Monuments--Photographs
- Sepulchral monuments
- Soul in art
- Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Maine--York--Photographs
People
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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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