Forget about the painting and the grave....what about poor old Nigger? Is he to wind up in a pauper's grave with no headstone or honour for a life well lived? How do you put his name on a gravestone and not offend someone who might happen to mow the grass or stroll by? What's in a name anyway? He responded to it without insult or embarrassment....why should a total stranger have a problem with it?
Is he to become like that famous person in the song....to be removed from place to place anytime a new sewer is needed or there is a stink about having him planted in the turf? Maybe he should be hidden in a woodpile somewhere....and thereby give some credence to that famous suggestion?