Mrs. Lucy Matthis
Jul 22, 1737 – Jul 22, 1778
Buried at Meeting House Hill
Transcription
In Memory of M_rs. LUCY MATTHIS, y_e Wife of M_r. PAUL MATTHIS, who died July y_e 22_d AD 1778 in y_e 41_st Year of her Age.
- Surveyed On
- November 3, 2015
- Stone Type
- slate
- Tympanum
- face with ornamentation
- Border
- The edge of this stone is bevel cut and a two line, thin width border runs along its circumference. There are illustrated bas-relief panels to the left and right of the tablet. The artwork is the cascading waves with nautilus-like images.
- Remark
- The tympanum imagery is the bewigged "old judge" stern-faced overlooking the departed. His mirror-imaged wig is again paired with a stern mouth, wide nose and beautifully detailed wings. The single quill is pronounced as are the individual strands of each feather.
- Physical Status
- straight cracked
- Intelligibility
- readable
- Biological Contaminants
- minor incursion
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