[Tombstone]
Photograph
[Tombstone]
Graveyard with tombstone of S. S. Boudin
ca. 1845
Daguerreotype
Image: 2 15/16 × 2 3/8 in. (7.4 × 6.1 cm) [1/6 plate]
Overall: 3 5/16 × 2 3/4 × 1/4 in. (8.4 × 7 × 0.6 cm)
Gift of Eastman Kodak Company, ex-collection Gabriel Cromer
Inscriptions Hallmark: 40 half-circle, Garant
Carved on gravestone in image: Ici \ repose \ S. S. HOUDIN \ Vve Cuvillier-Fleury \ (décédée?) le 30 janvier \ 1836 (or 1846?) \ à l'âge de 73 (78?) ans \ requiescat in pace
Translation: "Here \ lies \ S. S. HOUDIN \ Widow Cuvillier-Fleury \ deceased on January 30 \ 1836 (or 1846?) \ at the age of 73 (78?) years \ rest in peace
Carved on gravestone in image: Ici \ repose \ S. S. HOUDIN \ Vve Cuvillier-Fleury \ (décédée?) le 30 janvier \ 1836 (or 1846?) \ à l'âge de 73 (78?) ans \ requiescat in pace
Translation: "Here \ lies \ S. S. HOUDIN \ Widow Cuvillier-Fleury \ deceased on January 30 \ 1836 (or 1846?) \ at the age of 73 (78?) years \ rest in peace
