Mr. Washington Goodale

Sep 8, 1781 – Sep 8, 1792

Buried at Old Burying Ground

Transcription

IN Memory of Mr. Washington Goodale, son of Mr. Paul & Mrs Eunice Goodale, who died Sep_t 8th 1792 in y_e 11th Year of his Age.

Come Children lay your follies by And in your youth prepare to die

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Surveyed On

November 16, 2015

Stone Type

slate

Tympanum

face with ornamentation

Border

A lightly etched line creates a two line, medium width border around the circumference of this stone. The gabled tablet is outlined with a two line medium width border which is the depressed around the plaque's edge for its bas-relief.

Remark

The tympanum contains four design elements. The arch sits at the apex of the tympanum and it's peak breaks into the border. The face with its hair pulled straight back, straight unemotional mouth and blank eyes, show it's confirm its period of production. The wings appear like modified tab style with tapered ends. Mirror-imaged plants begin at the stone's shoulders and grow towards the lower tympanum.

Physical Status

straight cracked

Intelligibility

readable

Biological Contaminants

medium incursion

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