Tag: Potts

  • The Face of the Potts Monument, Mount Lebanon Cemetery

    Face on the Potts monument

    The weathered face of this mourner looks all the more contemplative for the eroded vagueness of her features. The names of the various Pottses are inscribed on a broken column, a common metaphor for death in cemeteries. The various parts of the monument seem to have been ordered separately and with little regard for consistent style; we know from seeing her in other cemeteries that the flower-strewing mourner (whose hands always break off) was a standard catalogue item, and the classical column seems an odd match for the rustic base.

  • Potts Monument, Mount Lebanon Cemetery

    A romantic broken column, with statue, in memory of Margaret, Fannie W., and Dr. James A. Potts.