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Canopy Tomb of Edward Shippen Burd

Canopy Tomb of Edward Shippen Burd

Maker:

Wills, Frank, Brown, Henry Kirke

Medium:

marble

Dimensions:

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

Tradition:

Place of Origin:

United States›New York›New York

Current Location:

United States›Pennsylvania›Philadelphia›Philadelphia

Repository:

St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church

Date:

1849-1860 CE

Subject:

Edward Shippen Burd

ID:

17038

Notes:

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

Keywords:

Episcopalian, Protestant, Death, Memorial, Afterlife, Soul, Ecclesiologists, Monument, Sculpture