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Museum purchase, 1995.36.6 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Crosby Tombstone
Museum purchase, 1995.36.6 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Crosby Tombstone

PhotographerPhotographed by William G. Dudley American, 1877 - 1934
Date1916-1927
MediumPhotography; gelatin emulsion on glass
DimensionsPlate (height x width): 7 x 5in. (17.8 x 12.7cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionA view of a cemetery. In the foreground is a monument in the shape of a fluted Doric column with a sundial on the top. The name on the base reads, "CROSBY"; the epitaph on the capital reads, "THERE WOULD BE MY SHADOW / HERE BELOW / WERE THERE NO LIGHT ABOVE". Other gravestones are visible in the background, as well as what appears to be a mausoleum. Trees and a fence are in the background.
Object number1995.36.6
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Museum purchase, 1995.36.7 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Tombstone in Ancient Burying Ground, Hartford
    William G. Dudley
    1916-1927
    Museum purchase, 1995.36.8 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Tombstone in Ancient Burying Ground, Hartford
    William G. Dudley
    1916-1927
    Family Register
    Family Register
    D. W. Kellogg & Co.
    1830-1840
    Bequest of George Edward Hoadley, 1924.4.4, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History collectio…
    Saint Andrews Church, Scotland (North Bloomfield)
    Unknown
    1889
    In Memory Of
    In Memory Of
    Kellogg & Hanmer
    1847-1851
    In Memory Of
    In Memory Of
    Kellogg & Comstock
    1850
    Gift of Samuel St. John Morgan, 1950.202.162 © 2004 The Connecticut Historical Society
    In Memory Of
    E.B. & E.C. Kellogg
    1845-1846
    In Memory Of
    In Memory Of
    Kelloggs & Comstock
    1848-1850
    Museum purchase, 1938.33.2 © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    To the Memory of
    Case & Skinner
    1840-1843
    Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2014.100.14 © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Socie…
    In Memory of
    Case & Skinner
    1840-1843
    Memorial
    Memorial
    James Goodwin Batterson
    1848
    Gift of Houghton Bulkeley, 1953.5.150 © 2001 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Tomb of the Trumbull family at Lebanon.
    John Warner Barber
    probably 1836
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