Tombstone of Eleonora and Onufry Antoni Tomkiewicz

Vilnius | Lithuania
lit. Vilnius

Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius

ID: NGR-005926-P

Tombstone of Eleonora and Onufry Antoni Tomkiewicz

Vilnius | Lithuania
lit. Vilnius

The burial site is marked by a plinth in the form of a felled tree trunk, in front of which is an angled plaque on a rock-studded foundation. On the plinth at the top is a bas-relief cross. On the front an oval metal frame, within which is a photograph on porcelain depicting a man. The figure in bust, facing three-quarters to the right. The man is of mature age, with smoothly combed short hair with a right-hand side parting, and a long, thick moustache. The figure is dressed in a jacket and shirt with a fly. Below the photograph on a knot is superimposed a relief carved pendant with a cartouche on which is an engraved inscription (1). On a plaque in front of the plinth in an oval metal frame a photograph on porcelain depicting a woman in bust view. The figure is facing three-quarters to the left. Hair pinned up with middle parting. The woman is wearing a shiny dark blouse with pleats and ribbons, a jabot under her neck. Below the photograph is an engraved inscription (2). The whole is framed by a fence consisting of bars joined by slats, with a gate at the front right.

Inscription:

1) S. P. / ONUFRY ANTONI / TOMKIEWICZ / Żył lat 72. / um.18 Kwiet. 1896 r. / Pokój Ci drogi / Mężu i Ojcze //.

2) Ś. + P. / ELEONORA / Z WILCZYŃSKICH / TOMKIEWICZOWA / UR. 20. KWIET. 1835. ZM. 21 STYCZ. 1905 R. / POKÓJ CI DROGA MATKO! //.

Time of origin:

1896-1905

Emplacement de la pierre tombale:

Numéro de secteur 5a (Old Rossa) Numéro de la tombe 26

Dimensions:

215 x 100 x 197 cm

Additional dimensions:

fencing: 104 x 248 x 286

Materials:

coloured magmatic rocks (granite, syenite and others), cast iron, porcelain / faience / porcelite

State of preservation:

corrosion, mosses, lichens, cracks

Comments on the state of preservation and visible restoration:

A cast-iron cross rests against the gravestone.

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/.

Keywords:

plinth (type of tombstone), board, photography

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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