Stranger, Beneath the Cone
Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Curator: Justin Howes Collection (1963-2005)
Dimensions:
105 × 150 mm (10.5 × 15 cm) (folded)
Medium: paper
ink
Object number: P.2017.70.M
Descriptionfolded paper with Baskerville's inscription on his own urn: 'Stranger, beneath this cone in unconsecrated ground a friend to the liberties of mankind directed his body to be inurn'd - may the example contribute to emancipate thy mind from the idle fears of superstition and the wicked arts of priesthood - John Baskerville'
