Woodstock Hill Burial Ground, Woodstock, CT

An Unusual Gravestone Found at the Woodstock Hill Burial Ground With a “Winged Soul Effigy” Placed in Each Top Corner Representing the Two Young Daughters Lost by Abel and Sabra Hofmer in the 1770s (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on January 30, 2017)

Woodstock Hill Burial Ground, Woodstock, CT

A Balloon-Shaped Skull With Wings Seen on a Gravestone From the Mid-18th Century at the Woodstock Hill Burial Ground in Woodstock, CT (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on February 11, 2017)

Wappoquia Cemetery, Pomfret, CT

A Winged Death Head Motif Carved on a Slate Gravestone From the Mid-1700s Found in Wappoquia (AKA Sabin or South) Cemetery in Pomfret, CT (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on June 21, 2019)

Northside Cemetery, Charlton, MA

A Stylized Skull With Wings Carved on an 18th Century Slate Headstone Found at Northside Cemetery in Charlton, Massachusetts (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on January 20, 2017)

Old Indian Cemetery, West Brookfield, MA

A Stylized Skull With Wings Found Carved on a Gravestone From the Early 1700’s at Old Indian Cemetery on Cottage Street in West Brookfield, MA (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on April 16, 2018)

Brookfield Cemetery, Brookfield, MA

An Elaborately Carved Soul Effigy With Stylized Wings and Cartoonish Oversized Ears Found on an 18th Century Gravestone at Brookfield Cemetery in Brookfield, MA (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on December 11, 2019)

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 (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on August 10, 2017)

Brookfield Cemetery, Brookfield, MA

A Wingless Soul Effigy on a Gravestone From the Late Eighteenth Century Found at Brookfield Cemetery in Brookfield, MA (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on January 6, 2018)

Bennington Centre Cemetery, Bennington, VT

A Late 18th Century Marble Gravestone (Carved With a Wigged and Winged “Soul Effigy” and a Pair of Stylized Birds) Found in the Bennington Centre Cemetery in Bennington, VT (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on December 15, 2016)

Brookfield Cemetery, Brookfield, MA

A Winged Soul Effigy Carved on a Late 18th Century Gravestone Seen at Brookfield Cemetery in Brookfield, MA (Originally Published on Gargoyles and Grotesques on February 9, 2018)