One of the most striking markers at Graceland Cemetery, home to many Chicago historical figures. This here is:
Dexter Graves, 1789 - 1844
Graves was one of the first settlers who, according to the inscription on the back of the polished black granite slab, “brought the first colony to Chicago, consisting of 13 families, arriving here July 15, 1831 from Ashtabula, Ohio, on the schooner Telegraph.”
The bronze figure, “Eternal Silence,” was created in 1909 by sculptor Lorado Taft, whose monumental “Fountain of Time” stands at the west end of the University of Chicago Midway.
1 comments:
Cheezes, that's a good picture. Haunting. The diagonal lines on the tomb add tension. I don't remember that sculpture on the Midway but I've certainly driven by it.
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