Old Burying Ground, Cambridge, MA

A Headstone From the Late 17th Century Found at the Cambridge Old Burying Ground Carved With Many of the Motifs Common on Grave Markers at the Time Including a Winged Skull, Crossbones, and an Hourglass (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on September 2, 2017)

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 (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on April 11, 2017)

Granary Burying Ground, Boston, MA

A Winged Death Head Found Carved on an 18th Century Headstone at the Granary Burying Ground on Tremont Street in Boston, MA (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on January 26, 2020)

Granary Burying Ground, Boston, MA

A Winged Skull Motif Found Carved on a Badly Tilting Slate Gravestone From the 18th Century at Granary Burying Ground in Boston, MA (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on February 7, 2020)

Granary Burying Ground, Boston, MA

This Gravestone Carved With a Winged Skull (of the Woman Who Many People Believe Was the Original Mother Goose) Can Be Found Surrounded by Goose Feathers Planted in the Ground Around It at Granary Burying Ground on Tremont Street in Boston, MA (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on December 4, 2018)

Old First Parish Burying Ground, Rockport, MA

Another Example of an 18th Century Tombstone With a Death’s Head Motif Found in the Old First Parish Burying Ground on Beach Street in Rockport, Massachusetts (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on August 26, 2014)

King’s Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, MA

A Rather Unusual High Relief Carving of a Winged Death’s Head Found on an Early 18th Century Gravestone at King’s Chapel Burying Ground in Boston, MA (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on December 31, 2019)

Brookfield Cemetery, Brookfield, MA

A Simple Stylized Wingless Soul Effigy Seen on an Early 18th Century Gravestone at Brookfield Cemetery in Brookfield, MA (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on August 21, 2017)

Brookfield Cemetery, Brookfield, MA

A Most Unusual Soul Effigy (With a Stylized Crown and Wings Which Together Almost Resemble an Aztec or Mayan Headdress) Found on an 18th Century Gravestone at Brookfield Cemetery in Brookfield, MA (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on March 23, 2017)

Old Spencer Cemetery, Spencer, MA

An Example of One of the Many 18th Century Gravestones With a “Cherub’s Head” or “Winged Soul” Motif to Be Found in the Old Spencer Cemetery in Spencer, MA (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on November 21, 2014)