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ID: NGR-006370-P/69825

Tombstone of Maria Bukowska and Jadwiga Chadzyńska

Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius
ID: NGR-006370-P/69825

Tombstone of Maria Bukowska and Jadwiga Chadzyńska

Rectangular tomb, covered with a slab, with an upraised wall at the head and sides, pedestals on the front, originally connected with a cast iron bar. The headboard was originally topped with a cross. Cross not preserved, on a plinth. The tomb is surrounded by a plain frieze with engraved inscription on the front (1). In the front wall a panel framed by pilasters with simplified Doric capitals. On the right wall an oval photograph on porcelain. The photograph shows a young woman shown frontally, in a breast view. The woman has dark, curly hair, is dressed in a gown, with a short string of pearls around her neck. Below the photograph two panels, on one of which is an engraved inscription (2). The wall on the left is analogous (3), without the surviving photograph. On the slab covering the tomb at the front left an engraved signature. On the slab a bench and a flowerbed are placed. At the front the entrance opening is covered by a plaque with two entablature. Steps are added to the tomb on the right.

Inscription:

1) GRÓB RODZINY BUKOWSKICH //.

2) Ś + P / JADWIGA / Z BUKOWSKICH / CHADZYŃSKA / ZM 11 LIPCA 1933 R. / W WIEKU LAT 27 //.

3) Ś + P / MARJA / BUKOWSKA / ZM. 18 STYCZNIA 1935 R. / W WIEKU LAT 61 //.

Time of origin:

1935-1937

Lokalizacja nagrobka:

Sector number 5a (Old Rossa) Tomb number 40

Dimensions:

400 x 208 x 353 cm

Materials:

coloured magmatic rocks (granite, syenite and others), concrete/jewel concrete, cast iron

Ceator's signature:

J. SUBOCZ

Creator:

J. Subocz (zakład kamieniarski; Wilno)

State of preservation:

photograph not preserved, numerous cavities, mosses, lichens, cracks, cavities, non-maintained finial

Bibliography:

  • „Cmentarz na Rossie w Wilnie, badania inwentaryzacyjne”, katalog on-line, opr. Anna Sylwia Czyż i Bartłomiej Gutowski, dostęp on-line http://cmentarznarossie.uksw.edu.pl/.

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Date of documentation:

2013

Author of the documentation sheet:

Katarzyna Brzozowska, Hubert Szulakowski

Development / approval of the documentation sheet:

Bartłomiej Gutowski, dr hab. Anna Sylwia Czyż, prof. ucz.
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