Kris Lockyear's photos with the keyword: Van Ness

According to Douglas Keister this is an adoring sphinx gazing upon Jochebed holding her son Moses, These statues are outside the Van Ness-Parsons mausoleum in Green Wood cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.

According to Douglas Keister this maternal figure may be a representation of Pharaoh’s daughter finding Moses in the bulrushes, in Egypt. This is to one side of the Van Ness-Parsons mausoleum, Green Wood cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.

The Van Ness-Parsons tomb in Green Wood cemetery, Brooklyn is a curious mixture of Egyptian and Christian iconography. Pentax K-3iii, SMC Pentax "K" 28mm f/3.5 shift lens @ f/11.