Gravestone Portraits of Men

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Gravestone portraits in the 18th and early 19th centuries were not generally intended to be an exact likeness of the deceased. Their function was to demonstrate to the viewer the taste and status of the deceased.

Wealthy and/or influential men or their family might choose to have them memorialized with a gravestone portrait.

Mr. Samuel Knight

St. Paul's Episcopal Churchyard

Newburyport, MA

Carved by the Lamsons

c. 1770s

Mr. John Herbert Jr.

Old Hill Burying Ground

Newburyport, MA

Carved by the Lamsons

c. 1770s

Benjamin Greenleaf 3d

Old Hill Burying Ground

Newburyport, MA

Carved by the Lamsons

c. 1780s

Capt. Anthony Gwynn

St. Paul's Episcopal Churchyard

Newburyport, MA

Carved by the Lamsons

c. 1770s

Mr. Thomas Roberts

St. Paul's Episcopal Churchyard

Newburyport, MA

Carved by the Lamsons

c. 1780s

Mr. Nathaniel Curtis

Old Burial Hill

Plymouth, MA

Carved by Lemuel Savery

c. 1770s

Capt. John Virgin

Old Burial Hill

Plymouth, MA

Carved by John Tribbel

c. 1810s

Mr. Stephen Bicknell

North Weymouth Cemetery

Weymouth, MA

Carved by the Pratts

c. 1770s

Mr. Ebenezer Bicknell Jr.

North Weymouth Cemetery

Weymouth, MA

Carved by the Pratts

c. 1770s

Mr. Job Brooks

Old Hill Burial Ground

Concord, MA

Carved by the Parks

c. 1780s

Mr. Thomas Drury

Center Cemetery

Auburn, MA

Carved by William Young

c. 1780s

Mr. Peter Noyes

Revolutionary War Cemetery

Sudbury, MA

Carved by the Parks

c. 1770s