Historic 18th-Century Gravestones with Skull-and-Crossbones Motifs | Colonial Cemetery Art #1237247 (License: Personal Use)

The image shows two weathered slate gravestones from the mid-to-late 1700s, each topped with a carved skull and crossed bones-a common memento mori motif in colonial America. The left stone commemorates Mary March, wife of Dr. Clement March, who died April 7, 1759, at age 80; the right marks Sarah Sargent, who passed August 21, 1771, at age 74, erected by her children in filial respect. Both display ornate borders and period-specific lettering, set amid fallen autumn leaves on green grass.

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