ID: NGR-000911-P

Tombstone of Emil Wasem

Ryga | Latvia
łot. Rīga

Cemetery at St Francis Church

ID: NGR-000911-P

Tombstone of Emil Wasem

Ryga | Latvia
łot. Rīga

Tombstone originally in the form of a cross on a plinth and base. Cross not preserved. The plinth covered with a wider hipped roof. An engraved inscription on the front. In front of the monument a band in the form of a coffin lid.

Inscription:

Emil Wasem / geb. d. 7. Juli 1846. / gest. d. 19. Aug. 1880. //.

Time of origin:

1880-1883

Lokalizacja nagrobka:

Tomb number 13

Dimensions:

77 x 82 x 43 cm

Materials:

coloured magmatic rocks (granite, syenite and others)

State of preservation:

non-maintained finial

Comments on the state of preservation and visible restoration:

The present structure probably consists of two separate gravestones, secondarily juxtaposed. A gravestone probably moved from the old Catholic cemetery, secondarily placed in the area of the arranged small cemetery at St Francis Church

Keywords:

headband in the form of a coffin lid, plinth (type of tombstone)

Date of documentation:

2021

Author of the documentation sheet:

Bartłomiej Gutowski

Development / approval of the documentation sheet:

Bartłomiej Gutowski

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