Thursday 2 April 2009

Tomb


I saw this beautiful tomb in a small cemetery in South West London. Inscribed with the words Coade, London which refers to the material it is made from. Coade stone was first created by Mrs Elinor Coade (1733-1821), and sold commercially from 1769 to 1833.

2 comments:

ArtSparker said...

Very cool, a female inventor.

JUNKER JANE said...

Oh wow, this is hauntingly beautiful.