The headstone of Joseph Nevill (1839-1866)

1866

London Road Cemetery, Coventry

Nevill was a young architect, only in his mid-twenties. Note the iconography here, of a cross placed on the head of snake, symbolizing the triumph of Christ over Satan.

Photograph by Laurence Cooke, caption by Simon Cooke and Jacqueline Banerjee

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