Governor’s Palace Burying Ground Monument
Dublin Core
Title
Governor’s Palace Burying Ground Monument
Subject
Governor's Palace (Williamsburg, Va.)
Block 20. Building 03.
Monuments & memorials - Virginia - Williamsburg
Cemeteries - American - Virginia - Williamsburg
Description
Conceptual sketch for proposed monument for site of Revolutionary War burial ground in the Governor's Palace garden, Williamsburg, Virginia. The sketch has a flap that can be placed up or down to offer two different concepts for the monument. In this view with the flap up, visitors examine an obelisk style monument modeled after one at Westerover Plantation.
Creator
Shurcliff, Arthur
Date
1932
Is Part Of
Arthur Shurcliff Bird's-Eye Pencil Sketches of Williamsburg, AV2021.5, #58-2, Folder 2
Format
jpeg
Extent
Still Image
Type
Image
Identifier
AV2021.05-058-002
Rights Holder
Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Pencil on paper
Physical Dimensions
20 1/8in x 15in
Citation
Shurcliff, Arthur, “Governor’s Palace Burying Ground Monument,” John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, accessed April 27, 2024, https://rocklib.omeka.net/items/show/7298.