Born c.1698, Elizabeth Sale, the wife of Edward Sale, died in her 33rd year. The inscription on her gravestone (see below) gives the year of her death as 1731/2.
The "winged skull" soul effigy in the tympanum of Mrs. Sale's brown sandstone stele reflects the Puritan emphasis on the fragility and brevity of life, yet this grim image is offset by the stylized rose which appears above it. A symbol of consummate achievement, the regal beauty of the rose is enhanced by the stone's richly carved floral borders. ("Anonymous" GRAVESTONE PHOTO also by Nikita Barlow, 1991.)
The "winged skull" soul effigy in the tympanum of Mrs. Sale's brown sandstone stele reflects the Puritan emphasis on the fragility and brevity of life, yet this grim image is offset by the stylized rose which appears above it. A symbol of consummate achievement, the regal beauty of the rose is enhanced by the stone's richly carved floral borders. ("Anonymous" GRAVESTONE PHOTO also by Nikita Barlow, 1991.)
Born c.1698, Elizabeth Sale, the wife of Edward Sale, died in her 33rd year. The inscription on her gravestone (see below) gives the year of her death as 1731/2.
The "winged skull" soul effigy in the tympanum of Mrs. Sale's brown sandstone stele reflects the Puritan emphasis on the fragility and brevity of life, yet this grim image is offset by the stylized rose which appears above it. A symbol of consummate achievement, the regal beauty of the rose is enhanced by the stone's richly carved floral borders. ("Anonymous" GRAVESTONE PHOTO also by Nikita Barlow, 1991.)
The "winged skull" soul effigy in the tympanum of Mrs. Sale's brown sandstone stele reflects the Puritan emphasis on the fragility and brevity of life, yet this grim image is offset by the stylized rose which appears above it. A symbol of consummate achievement, the regal beauty of the rose is enhanced by the stone's richly carved floral borders. ("Anonymous" GRAVESTONE PHOTO also by Nikita Barlow, 1991.)
Inscription
"Here lies ye Body
of Elizabethwife
of Edward Sale
who died Febr ye
17 1731/2 in ye 33
year of her Age"
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