Brookfield Cemetery, Brookfield, MA

A Stylized Skull With Wings Seen on a Slate Gravestone From the Early 18th Century at Brookfield Cemetery in Brookfield, Massachusetts

Burial Hill, Plymouth, MA

An Example of a Winged Soul Effigy Seen Carved on a Cracked and Damaged Slate Grave Marker From the Early 18th Century at Burial Hill in Plymouth, MA

Burial Hill, Plymouth, MA

A “Winged Skull” Motif Found on an 18th Century Gravestone at Burial Hill in Plymouth, MA

Woodstock Hill Burial Ground, Woodstock, CT

An Example of a “Winged Cherub” Motif Found on a Lichen-Splotched Gravestone From the Late 1700’s at Woodstock Hill Burial Ground in Woodstock, CT

Woodstock Hill Burial Ground, Woodstock, CT

A Winged Soul Effigy Seen on an 18th Century Gravestone at Woodstock Hill Burial Ground in Woodstock, CT

Old Burial Ground, Sturbridge, MA

An Example of a Wingless Soul Effigy Carved on an 18th Century Headstone at the Old Burial Ground in Sturbridge, MA

Bennington Centre Cemetery, Bennington, VT

A Wigged and Winged Soul Effigy Carved on a White Marble Gravestone From the Late 18th Century Found at the Bennington Centre Cemetery in Bennington, VT