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Additional Illustrations of
Evolving Gravestone Styles


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The basic stages in the development of New England gravestone styles included a second stage of a "cherub's head" design, shown below, which displaced an earlier "death's head" style, and was in turn displaced by an "urn and willow" style.
cherub's head gravestone style

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Figure 3 of Death's Head, Cherub, Urn and Willow article

Death's Head, Cherub, Urn and Willow article

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