Gravestone in Indian River Cemetery, Clinton
Date1916
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper on cardboard mount
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 10 1/4 x 5 7/8in. (26 x 15cm)
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionSeventeenth-century gravestone surrounded by grass and weeds in a large graveyard. Other tombstones, including one in the form of a cross, are in the background. An American flag decorates a stone in the left background.
Object number2000.201.48
InscribedOn verso: "In Clinton, Conn. ('Old Kenilworth') - in Indian River Cemetery - taken summer of 1926 by E.G. Smith [Edna G. Smith] / Probably Mary Griswold, wife of Edward Griswold - one of the founders of Kenilworth. Inscription was doubtless recut a few years ago [before 1926] under direction of John O. Stanton, one of the donors of the old 'Stanton House' as a museum."On View
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