Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
Mary Freeman was buried at Eastern Cemetery in Portland in 1785. Her headstone features a number of classical elements. The columns on the sides represent a noble life. The urn represents immortality and the return of the body to its final resting place. On the urn is a winged face, the symbol of a soul in flight to the afterlife.
About This Item
- Title: Mary Freeman headstone, 1785, Portland, 1966
- Creator: Mason Philip Smith
- Creation Date: 1966
- Subject Date: 1966
- Location: Eastern Cemetery, Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 20 cm x 24 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 430, Box 1/23
- Collection: Mason Philip Smith photographs of gravestones in Maine cemeteries
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Angels in art
- Christian art and symbolism
- Death
- Death in art
- Epitaphs--Maine--Portland
- Freeman, Mary, d. 1785--Death & Burial--Photographs
- Freeman, Mary, d. 1785--Monuments--Photographs
- Inscriptions--Maine--Portland
- Sepulchral monuments
- Soul in art
- Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Maine--Portland--Photographs
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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