337:
357:
70:
52:
372:
226:
293:
214:
314:
261:
277:
200:
114:: according to this account, his wife's death so devastated Story that he lost interest in sculpture, but was inspired to create the monument by his children, who recommended it as a means of memorializing the woman. Unlike the typical angelic grave art, "this dramatic life-size winged figure speaks more of the pain of those left behind" by appearing "collapsed, weeping and draped over the tomb".
245:
34:
123:
called the design "one of the most copied images in the world". Story himself wrote that "It represents the angel of Grief, in utter abandonment, throwing herself with drooping wings and hidden face over a funeral altar. It represents what I feel. It represents
Prostration. Yet to do it helps me."
336:
356:
139:, leading to its replacement in 1908. After years of neglect, the 1908 replacement was fully restored in 2001. Another example is the Cassard angel, erected around 1908 in the
205:
537:
292:
260:
313:
726:
371:
225:
179:
213:
276:
746:
110:
This was Story's last major work prior to his death, dying a year after his wife. The statue's creation was documented in an 1896 issue of
741:
721:
199:
662:
569:
284:
592:
407:
117:
The term is now used to describe multiple grave stones throughout the world erected in the style of the Story stone. A feature in
136:
184:
22:
69:
731:
128:
445:
244:
51:
477:
324:
544:
98:
701:
135:, the co-founder of the university. The original replica was built in 1901, but was severely damaged in the
319:
343:
170:
736:
716:
706:
305:
251:
156:
94:
127:
Prominent replicas of the Angel of Grief sculpture include the Henry
Lathrop monument, located in the
423:
300:
140:
512:
588:
496:
403:
328:
235:
585:
Stories in Stone New York: A Field Guide to New York City Area
Cemeteries and Their Residents
231:
267:
711:
347:
695:
175:
151:
132:
119:
363:
161:
150:
The image has also been used in popular culture, such as in an album covers for
677:
664:
449:
626:
Permanent
Californians: An Illustrated Guide to the Cemeteries of California
165:
570:"A photo of the Memorial after the 1906 quake, showing the fallen canopy"
144:
33:
424:"Stanford police seek information on vandalism of Angel of Grief"
614:, Harry A Bliss, Monument Photographer, Buffalo N.Y., 1912 p176
631:
Christovich, Huber, McDowell, photographs by Betsy
Swanson,
513:"Labor of Love Leads to a Happy Ending for "Angel of Grief""
104:
The Angel of Grief
Weeping Over the Dismantled Altar of Life
75:
Henry
Lathrop monument, profile view, at Stanford University
654:
Brooklyn’s Green-Wood
Cemetery New York’s Buried Treasure
628:, Chelsea Green Publishing Company, Chelsea Vermont, 1989
619:
Soul in the Stone: Cemetery Art From
America's Heartland
633:
New
Orleans Architecture, Volume lll: the Cemeteries
621:, University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas, 1994
101:
in Rome. Its full title bestowed by the creator was
21:"Weeping angel" redirects here. For other uses, see
656:, phone interview with E. E. Kvaran, September 2006
501:(abridged and annotated ed.). Big Byte Books.
16:1894 cemetery sculpture by William Wetmore Story
97:for the grave of his wife Emelyn Story at the
8:
219:A loose interpretation in York, Pennsylvania
206:Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Rochester, New York
471:
469:
467:
362:Gloria Cheng Monument, Glenwood Cemetery,
642:, Dover Publications Inc., New York, 1972
398:Turner, Suzanne; Wilson, Joanne (2010).
393:
391:
387:
350:. This variation has long flowing hair.
195:
635:, Pelican Publishing Co., Gretna, 1997
498:William Wetmore Story and His Friends
7:
402:. Texas A&M Press. p. 158.
448:. Hingham Cemetery. Archived from
285:Glenwood Cemetery (Houston, Texas)
14:
612:Memorial Art, Ancient and Modern
476:Stanford, Peter (2 March 2013).
370:
355:
335:
312:
291:
275:
259:
243:
224:
212:
198:
137:San Francisco earthquake of 1906
68:
50:
32:
727:Sculptures in the United States
478:"The 10 best... famous graves"
174:(2004), the singles cover of
23:Weeping Angel (disambiguation)
1:
131:. Lathrop was the brother of
129:Stanford University Arboretum
747:Cemeteries and tombs in Rome
647:America's Cemetery Sculpture
538:"Angel of Grief Restoration"
587:. Gibbs Smith. p. 41.
377:Commercial version, c. 2016
763:
742:Outdoor sculptures in Rome
722:Stanford University campus
325:Cypress Lawn Memorial Park
20:
652:Richman, Jeff, author of
645:Kvaran, Einar Einarsson,
583:Keister, Douglas (2011).
649:, unpublished manuscript
270:, Hingham, Massachusetts
266:Hooper Memorial (1912),
93:is an 1894 sculpture by
678:41.876072°N 12.479535°E
400:Houston's Silent Garden
182:, and in the 2012 film
640:Victorian Cemetery Art
495:James, Henry (2015).
441:Cosmopolitan Magazine
306:Palo Alto, California
252:Columbus, Mississippi
157:The Edges of Twilight
112:Cosmopolitan Magazine
95:William Wetmore Story
732:Sculptures of angels
683:41.876072; 12.479535
624:Culbertson Randall,
344:Prairie Lea Cemetery
674: /
638:Gillon, Edmond V.,
301:Stanford University
250:Teasdale Monument,
141:Green-Wood Cemetery
99:Protestant Cemetery
617:Brown, John Gary,
342:Eissler Monument,
298:Lathrop Memorial,
185:The Woman in Black
180:Calling All Angels
57:Front view of the
610:Bliss, Harry A.,
452:on 18 August 2016
430:. 14 August 2015.
329:Colma, California
236:Metairie Cemetery
164:’s EP (1998) and
754:
689:
688:
686:
685:
684:
679:
675:
672:
671:
670:
667:
599:
598:
580:
574:
573:
566:
560:
559:
557:
555:
549:
543:. Archived from
542:
534:
528:
527:
525:
523:
509:
503:
502:
492:
486:
485:
473:
462:
461:
459:
457:
446:"Angel of Grief"
438:
432:
431:
420:
414:
413:
395:
374:
359:
339:
316:
295:
279:
263:
247:
228:
216:
202:
72:
54:
36:
762:
761:
757:
756:
755:
753:
752:
751:
702:1894 sculptures
692:
691:
682:
680:
676:
673:
668:
665:
663:
661:
660:
607:
605:Further reading
602:
595:
582:
581:
577:
568:
567:
563:
553:
551:
550:on 6 March 2012
547:
540:
536:
535:
531:
521:
519:
511:
510:
506:
494:
493:
489:
475:
474:
465:
455:
453:
444:
439:
435:
422:
421:
417:
410:
397:
396:
389:
385:
378:
375:
366:
360:
351:
340:
331:
323:
317:
308:
304:
299:
296:
287:
283:
280:
271:
268:Old Ship Church
264:
255:
248:
239:
229:
220:
217:
208:
203:
194:
80:
79:
78:
77:
76:
73:
64:
63:
62:
55:
46:
45:
44:
37:
26:
17:
12:
11:
5:
760:
758:
750:
749:
744:
739:
734:
729:
724:
719:
714:
709:
704:
694:
693:
658:
657:
650:
643:
636:
629:
622:
615:
606:
603:
601:
600:
593:
575:
561:
529:
504:
487:
463:
433:
415:
408:
386:
384:
381:
380:
379:
376:
369:
367:
361:
354:
352:
348:Brenham, Texas
341:
334:
332:
318:
311:
309:
297:
290:
288:
282:Hill Monument,
281:
274:
272:
265:
258:
256:
249:
242:
240:
230:
223:
221:
218:
211:
209:
204:
197:
193:
190:
84:Angel of Grief
74:
67:
66:
65:
59:Angel of Grief
56:
49:
48:
47:
41:Angel of Grief
38:
31:
30:
29:
28:
27:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
759:
748:
745:
743:
740:
738:
735:
733:
730:
728:
725:
723:
720:
718:
715:
713:
710:
708:
705:
703:
700:
699:
697:
690:
687:
655:
651:
648:
644:
641:
637:
634:
630:
627:
623:
620:
616:
613:
609:
608:
604:
596:
594:9781423621027
590:
586:
579:
576:
571:
565:
562:
546:
539:
533:
530:
518:
517:Stanford News
514:
508:
505:
500:
499:
491:
488:
483:
479:
472:
470:
468:
464:
451:
447:
442:
437:
434:
429:
428:Stanford News
425:
419:
416:
411:
409:9781603441636
405:
401:
394:
392:
388:
382:
373:
368:
365:
358:
353:
349:
345:
338:
333:
330:
326:
321:
315:
310:
307:
302:
294:
289:
286:
278:
273:
269:
262:
257:
253:
246:
241:
238:, New Orleans
237:
233:
227:
222:
215:
210:
207:
201:
196:
191:
189:
187:
186:
181:
177:
176:Lenny Kravitz
173:
172:
167:
163:
159:
158:
153:
152:The Tea Party
148:
146:
142:
138:
134:
133:Jane Stanford
130:
125:
122:
121:
115:
113:
108:
106:
105:
100:
96:
92:
91:
90:Weeping Angel
86:
85:
71:
60:
53:
42:
39:The original
35:
24:
19:
737:Funerary art
717:Death in art
707:Cemetery art
659:
653:
646:
639:
632:
625:
618:
611:
584:
578:
564:
552:. Retrieved
545:the original
532:
520:. Retrieved
516:
507:
497:
490:
482:The Guardian
481:
454:. Retrieved
450:the original
440:
436:
427:
418:
399:
183:
169:
155:
149:
147:, New York.
126:
120:The Guardian
118:
116:
111:
109:
103:
102:
89:
88:
83:
82:
81:
58:
40:
18:
681: /
456:10 November
443:, cited in
364:Houston, TX
162:Evanescence
696:Categories
669:12°28′46″E
666:41°52′34″N
383:References
234:Monument,
322:Monument,
166:Nightwish
160:(1995),
145:Brooklyn
192:Gallery
87:or the
61:in Rome
43:in Rome
591:
554:10 May
522:10 May
406:
712:Grief
548:(PDF)
541:(PDF)
232:Hyams
178:song
589:ISBN
556:2010
524:2010
458:2017
404:ISBN
320:Pool
171:Once
168:'s
154:'s
143:in
698::
515:.
480:.
466:^
426:.
390:^
346:,
327:,
188:.
107:.
597:.
572:.
558:.
526:.
484:.
460:.
412:.
303:,
254:.
25:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
