Richard Hardy
Died Aug 22, 1743
Buried at Mount Vernon
Transcription
Here lies buried the body of Richard Hardy who died August 22d 1746 in the 28th year of his age
- Surveyed On
- April 8, 2023
- Stone Type
- sandstone
- Tympanum
- skull
- Border
- There is a two-line border that follows the circumference of this stone. Both the tympanum and tablet section have single-line borders delineating their space. There are two illustrated panels on either side of the tablet section. Pinwheel-like designs sit in the upper corners above the panels. These are representative of flowers and the panels contain their abstractly engraved stems and leaves.
- Remark
- The tympanum contains a lightbulb-shaped skull with round eye sockets, a triangular nasal cavity, and simplified mouth and teeth. The wings on either side have four layers.
- Physical Status
- straight cracked
- Intelligibility
- readable
- Biological Contaminants
- medium incursion
- Cleaning Type
- wiped
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