Mr. Matt_w Sladrow
Died Apr 19, 1767
Buried at
Old Rutland
Transcription
Here lyes the
body of Mr. Matt_w
Sladrow who died
April 19th 1767
Aged 78 years
- Surveyed On
- September 17, 2015
- Stone Type
- slate
- Tympanum
- face with ornamentation
- Border
- A four line border is found on the tympanum while the tablet section inserts another border totaling a five line border. The first two borders are of equal width and proceed without interruption around the circumference of the stone. The third border line is the innermost one within the tympanum, proceeds down the two sides and across the bottom and also forms a base for the tympanum. The final border wall surrounds only the tablet and is of similar width to the others.
- Remark
- The figure in the tympanum appears with out gender. Two very round, sunken eyes (without pupils) and delineated by the eyebrows which them merge into the nose which is exceedingly wide at its base.
The hair is shown more as a wig, slightly curled out at the end. Any mouth has been lost to erosion. The neck connects to a nondescript body with accentuated shoulders.
- Physical Status
- straight missing_parts
- Intelligibility
- readable with difficulty
- Biological Contaminants
- medium incursion
Buried among fellow family members
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