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Image title: Weathered tombstone
Source: Quin, Liam R. E.: “Glasgow in 2007” (2007)
Place shown: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Keywords: tombs, gravestones, death, inscriptions, weathering, colour
Status: stock image royalty-free for non-commercial uses only, usage credit requested

Notes:

A coat of arms, or at least a shield, and a very weathered inscription. Some fragments:

henry ritchie
son of
john ritchie
of ?
died 11 june 1792
aged ? years.

Esther ?raufurd
. . .
died . . . 1812
aged ?7 years

janet ritchie their daughter

samuel cooper

mary cooper
daughter of samuel cooper.
died 26 january 1861(?)

this stone is erected by william cooper of Barford(?),
in memory of his relatives, who lie here interred.

The tomb is surrounded with an iron fence.

Filename: img_6275-1024x683.jpg
Camera:
Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
Lens: 17 - 85mm (35mm equivalent: 30.5 - 152.6mm)
Focal Length: 26mm
ISO: 200
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 0.0025 seconds
Exposure Program: Aperture-Priority AE
Flash: Off
Autofocus Points: 1 (5)
Date: 2007:07:03 08:43:19

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