Angel of Grief



Angel of Grief is an 1894 sculpture by William Wetmore Story which serves as the grave stone of the artist and his wife at the Protestant Cemetery, Rome.

A replica located in Palo Alto, California was made in 1901 to honor Henry Lathrop, brother to Jane Stanford, Stanford University co-founder, but was severely damaged in the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, leading to its replacement in 1908. After years of neglect, the 1908 replacement was fully restored in 2001.

This style of monument is also referred to as "Weeping Angel."

Copies or replicas in the United States

 * Cassard Monument, Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York, 1909 or 1910
 * pictured in Victorian Cemetery Art


 * Chapman H Hyams tomb, Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana - early 20th century
 * pictured in New Orleans Architecture, Volume lll: the Cemeteries


 * Di Cesare Monument, Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Rochester, NY


 * Hooper monument, Hingham, Massachusetts -
 * pictured in Memorial Art, Ancient and Modern


 * Lathrop Memorial, Stanford Arboretum, Stanford University, California, Antonio Bernieri, sculptor, 1908''
 * A photo of the Memorial after the 1906 quake, showing the fallen canopy.


 * Pool Memorial, Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, California
 * pictured in Permanent Californians: An Illustrated Guide to the Cemeteries of California This memorial is about 3/4 scale compared to the Lathrop Memorial.


 * Trorlicht Monument, Calvary Cemetery. St. Louis, Missouri
 * pictured in Soul in the Stone: Cemetery Art From America's Heartland


 * Three Texas Angels of Grief,
 * Glenwood Cemetery in Houston,
 * Scottsville-Youree Cemetery in Scottsville,
 * Calvary Cemetery in Denison.


 * Steen Monument, Oakland Cemetery Little Rock, Arkansas


 * Chapel of the Chimes Memorial, California, Hayward


 * Reverend Thomas Teasdale monument, Friendship Cemetery, Columbus, Mississippi

Copies or replicas in the United Kingdom

 * Penarth County Cemetery Cardiff, Wales

Copies or replicas in Canada

 * North Vancouver Cemetery Vancouver, British Columbia
 * This replica is visible at the end of the 2010 movie Charlie St. Cloud.

Copies or replicas in Costa Rica

 * Cementerio General San José, Costa Rica
 * pictured in http://www.panoramio.com/photo/2547536

Images
Link to more images at Flickr.

Reproductions in popular culture
Pictures of the statue appear on the covers of Evanescence EP by Evanescence (1998), Once by Nightwish (2004), Embossed Dream in Four Acts by Odes Of Ecstasy (1998) and Letanías: Capítulo III by Anabantha (2006). All four bands have arguably gothic influences. It is also featured on the album art of The Edges of Twilight by The Tea Party (1995). It was also used in the documentary Flight from Death.