Vintage Graveyard Pictures
Leaning stones, an iron gate and a marsh light hanging just past the bars — the witching hour as the engravers saw it.
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The Witching Hour
A black cat prowls among leaning headstones while the dead keep their silent vigil.
Modern folklore illustration · In the style of a c. 1910 engraving
The Iron Gate
Leaning stones behind a wrought-iron gate, with a marsh light hanging just past the bars.
Modern folklore illustration · In the style of a c. 1915 postcard
The Sexton's Lantern
A lantern moves between leaning headstones while fog fills the churchyard to the knees.
Modern folklore illustration · In the style of a c. 1897 plate
First Snow in the Old Burying Ground
Leaning slate markers under a bare oak, photographed the morning after the first frost.
Modern folklore illustration · In the style of a c. 1898 photograph