Grace Stearns
Buried at
Paxton Center
Transcription
Im Memory of
Mrs. Grace Stearns
wife of Mr. Nathaniel
Stearns
- Surveyed On
- August 8, 2015
- Stone Type
- slate
- Tympanum
- face with ornamentation, memento mori
- Border
- The tympanum is divided into two sections. There is a single line cutting a space for the banner running parallel to the dome shape of the tympanum. The space it occupies is approximately a third of the tympanum. The rest of the tympanum has its own space and contains the face and associated designs. There is an unusual inclusion of the woman's loose hair into the banner's space.
The bottom third of the stone with the tablet and columns to the side are buried below the ground level.
- Physical Status
- straight cracked
- Intelligibility
- readable
Buried among fellow family members
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