Newport's ancient dead, scattered here and there throughout the town, Jew and gentile, Catholic and Protestant and Quaker, sleep the long sleep in hope of the resurrection. Today they snuggle deeper under a new-fallen blanket of snow and ice. It's a good day to be under the covers.
St. Mary's Cemetery
The Common Burying Ground
The Quaker Cemetery
The Clifton Burying Ground
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familiar places I have walked in my youth making gravestone rubbings
close to home
V, no way! Bright and sunny is harsh lighting, and absolutely no good if you've got icy, shiny surfaces. Plus harsh light like that isn't the best situation for capturing gravestones. Diffuse light (partly sunny, damping down the harshness) or overcast is best for this kind of thing.
Wonderful collection of shots, Roy. Especially stark (and lovely) in the winter.
How old are these cemetaries? Know of any other info?
LeeAnn and Stephanie, the Common Burying Ground, the Clifton Burying Ground, and the Quaker cemetery go back to colonial times. In fact, in the Clifton and Common Burying Grounds there are graves from the 1600s. I've done quite a few photo essays on the graveyards of Newport, and since Mariana created the Grave Matters group I've added them to the group's article archive, so just go to the group's posts page and you can see all of them.
A Common Burying Ground appeals to me...
Good job. I like the idea of "resting under blankets..."
Wilka
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