Go Ask Alice

Alice Orne died too young, at only 30 in 1776, and her grave is marked with a impressive headstone. The cherub is distinctive, and I almost wonder if it was based on someone specific. (I say “almost,:” because as far as we know, such portraits were not a thing).

Her epitaph reads:

This stone has something great to teach,

And what you need to learn:
For graves, my friends, most loudly preach

Man's infinite concern.