This Grimacing Visage Is One of the Many Fantastic Faces and Figures Found on the Exterior of the Boston Opera House on Washington Street in Boston, MA (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on July 31, 2017)
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Boston Opera House, Boston, MA
Posted: January 9, 2023 in Architectural Details, Faces, Gargoyles and Grotesques, Green Men, Sculptures, Stone CarvingsTags: Boston Opera House, Washington Street Boston MA
Old Spencer Cemetery, Spencer, MA
Posted: December 15, 2022 in Cemeteries, Faces, Relief Sculpture, Soul Effigies, Stone CarvingsTags: Old Spencer Cemetery, Spencer MA
An Example of a Wingless Soul Effigy Found on an 18th Century Gravestone at Old Spencer Cemetery in Spencer, MA (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on September 20, 2016)
Cottage Street, West Brookfield, MA
Posted: December 14, 2022 in Faces, Sculptures, Wizards, Wood CarvingsTags: Cottage Street West Brookfield MA
A Wizened Face With a Long Flowing Beard Carved From a Dead Tree on the Front Lawn of a Private Home on Cottage Street in West Brookfield, Massachusetts (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on June 28, 2017)
The Whistling Swan Building, Sturbridge, MA
Posted: December 8, 2022 in Faces, Fountains, Lions, Restaurants, SculpturesTags: Main Street Sturbridge MA, The Whistling Swan
A Lion Head Fountain Next to The Whistling Swan Building (Which Houses Both The Duck and Avellino Restaurants) Located at 502 Main Street in Sturbridge, MA (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on November 18, 2013)
Hampton Beach, NH
Posted: December 1, 2022 in Faces, Giant Objects, Sand Sculptures, SculpturesTags: Hampton Beach Master Sand Sculpting Competition 2015, Hampton Beach NH
Gregory J. Grady’s Entry in This Year’s Hampton Beach Master Sand Sculpting Competition Held Last June in New Hampshire Was Entitled “Twisted” and Depicted a Gigantic Grotesque Head (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on December 26, 2015)
Hampton Beach, NH
Posted: November 21, 2022 in Busts, Faces, Sand Sculptures, SculpturesTags: Artist Melineige Beauregard, Hampton Beach Master Sand Sculpting Competition 2017, Hampton Beach NH
Artist Melineige Beauregard of Montreal Won First Place in This Year’s Master Sand Sculpting Competition Held at Hampton Beach With Her Entry “Dance of the Undefined” (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on July 19, 2017)