Cite AsDaniel Berry Austin photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (AUST 0316, AUST 0317), some of which may also be described in this new record; Close-ups of three rustic gravestones, all surrounded by ferns, bushes, and grasses, and all with carved angel heads, probably in cemeteries or fields in Gravesend; inscription on 0315 in Dutch ("Tot Gedaghten ..."); inscription on 0316 in English ("Here Lyes the Body of ..."); inscription on 317 apparently also in Dutch, though less legible ("Hier Leyt ...").
NoteTitle supplied by cataloger; date (7/30/1899) from Austin Collection list. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.