Pittsburgh Cemeteries

The Art and Architecture of Death

Jane and James McBurney Tombstones, Robinson Run Cemetery

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Instantly recognizable as the work of the Master of the Curly G, these two stones have inscriptions beginning simply “the grave of”—a curious family tradition also observed by Elisabeth Moss, who was buried in the same plot and is probably related. Note the awkward and rather embarrassing correction of the name “McBur[n]ey” above.

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