Newspapers report September 6th 1852
In appearance, the sarcophagus has a somewhat rude approach to the outline of a human figure, with an exquisitely chiselled female face at the head. The trunk is etched with birds, beasts, fishes, reptiles, and hieroglyphics. The principal device consists of several female figures in a barge, drawn by a train of creatures with the bodies of birds and human heads. Below the water line of the barge an immense serpent winds its length along the greater part of the side of the sculpture, seemingly intended to represent a river. Above these etchings are several lines of hieroglyphics, which no doubt has a meaning of their own concerning the former occupant. This splendid specimen of Egyptian art is of a species of green basalt, extremely hard and capable of a beautiful dark polish, having the symbolical etchings of a fine bold grey. The etchings are as if they had only yesterday come from the tool of the carver.
Would be a benefit to the Mausoleum if a replica of the Sarcophagus made out of wood or other materials be in place instead of this site being left empty
Photograph dated before 1921
