Later examples show the deceased carried by the wings, supposedly taking their soul to heaven.Wenhworth Batignani (2003), p. 206 From the 1690s the imagery becomes less severe, and began to include winged cherubs (known as "soul effigies") who had fuller faces and rounder and more life-sized eyes and mouths. In headstones dating from the Federalist Era, the rise of secularism saw the prominence of urn and willow imagery.
