The Cardinal Virtues are often depicted as female allegorical figures and were a popular subject for funerary sculpture.
The churchyard contains one of the finest collections of funerary sculpture remaining in Shropshire.
The arms are placed across the breast, with the hands directed towards the opposite shoulder, a pose not met with in funerary sculpture.
Because of the many artists buried here and the many artistically valuable funerary sculptures it is a protected monument.
Like many other sculptors of his day Maldarelli produced both architectural and funerary sculpture.
Outside the museum building there are many tombstones and other funerary sculptures, the outer walls lined with mosai.
The ambiguous play of real and fantastic is one of the chief attractions of Chinese funerary sculptures.
The small funerary sculptures from New Ireland were associated with death rituals.
The funerary sculpture was made by specialist artists.
She suggests the role plaster has played in funerary sculpture and fresco painting.