Mr. Silent Wilde

Mar 27, 1727 – Mar 27, 1790

Buried at Meeting House Hill

Transcription

IN Memory of M_r: SILENT WILDE, who departed this life March 27_th 1790: in the 63_d Year of his Age.

Retire my friends, Dry up your tears; Here I must lie Till Christ appears.

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Surveyed On

November 3, 2015

Stone Type

slate

Tympanum

face with ornamentation

Border

A two line, thin width border establishes the outside edge of the stone and the spacing for the bas-relief tablet. Around the tablet, the three line, two borders, one positive, one negative borders create the bas-relief effect.

Remark

There are three design elements in the tympanum. The arch has a serrated edge along the top. The face and wings utilizes period conventions (i.e. pulled back hair, eyebrow to nose transition, non-emotional, tab-like wings). Plants grow from the stone's shoulders to under the winged face. They are not mirror imaged.

Physical Status

straight cracked

Intelligibility

readable

Biological Contaminants

minor incursion

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