Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
The headstone of Elizabeth Tate, buried at Stroudwater Cemetery in Portland in 1769, features two angels. Angels symbolized rebirth and divine love.
About This Item
- Title: Elizabeth Tate, 1769, Stroudwater, 1965
- Creator: Mason Philip Smith
- Creation Date: 1965
- Subject Date: 1965
- Location: Stroudwater, Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 20 cm x 24 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 430, Box 1/19
- Collection: Mason Philip Smith photographs of gravestones in Maine cemeteries
- Object Type: Image
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- Angels in art
- Christian art and symbolism
- Death
- Death in art
- Epitaphs--Maine--Portland
- Inscriptions--Maine--Portland
- Sepulchral monuments
- Soul in art
- Tate, Elizabeth, d. 1769--Death & Burial--Photographs
- Tate, Elizabeth, d. 1769--Monuments--Photographs
- Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Maine--Portland--Photographs
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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