Green Wood, Brooklyn

The Van Ness-Parsons tomb in Green Wood cemetery, Brooklyn is a curious mixture of Egyptian and Christian iconography. Pentax K-3iii, SMC Pentax "K" 28mm f/3.5 shift lens @ f/11.

According to Douglas Keister this maternal figure may be a representation of Pharaoh’s daughter finding Moses in the bulrushes, in Egypt. This is to one side of the Van Ness-Parsons mausoleum, Green Wood cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.

According to Douglas Keister this is an adoring sphinx gazing upon Jochebed holding her son Moses, These statues are outside the Van Ness-Parsons mausoleum in Green Wood cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.

The John Anderson mausoleum, Green Wood cemetery, Brooklyn, New York. This is actually the back of the mausoleum. I took the photo as I was fascinated by the numbers of neoclassical tombs in the cemetery. John Anderson owned a tobacconist. He was accused of murdering his pretty shop assistant Mary Rogers but was never convicted. He died of pneumonia in Paris in 1881. Pentax K-3iii, SMC Pentax "K" 28mm f/3.5 shift lens.

This altar and the attendant statue of Minerva are in Green Wood cemetery, Brooklyn, New York. Minerva is looking out across to Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty. Pentax K-3iii, SMC Pentax-FA 31mm Ltd.