Canopy Tomb of Edward Shippen Burd

Maker:

Wills, Frank Brown, Henry Kirke

Medium:

marble (rock)

Dimensions:

H: ca. 105" W: 126" D: 29.5" (266.7 x 320 x 74.93 cm); effigy length: 78" (198.12 cm)

Tradition:

Episcopalian

Place of Origin:

United States > New York > New York

Repository:

St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church

Date:

1849-1860 CE

Subject:

Edward Shippen Burd

ID:

17038

Keywords:

Episcopalian Protestant Death Memorial Afterlife Soul Ecclesiologists Monument Sculpture

Notes:

Effigy executed in New York, installed in Philadelphia. Photographs © Suzanne Glover Lindsay