silver-and-silk:bathsabbath:asgardreid:thinkbolt:Trends in 18th-century headstone fashions in Stoneh
silver-and-silk:bathsabbath:asgardreid:thinkbolt:Trends in 18th-century headstone fashions in Stoneham, MA.bathsabbathOh damn that’s awesome! For some reason I previously thought “Death’s Head” to be a Victorian motif, but it’s definitely a Puritan thing. They drew the skull super crudely in protest of all that fancy Catholic imagery. But it’s funny because you can actually see the heads get more and more realistic as their religion becomes less and less structured.vinceaddams -- source link
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