COLONIAL PERIOD
GRAVESTONES OF EARLY NEW ENGLAND - And the Men Who Made Them, 1653-1800
Harriette Merrifield Forbes
The original classic study of gravestones as folk art and historical documentation. Fully illustrated with 200 photographs by the author, from 1885 to 1920, and printed from her original glass negatives. Earlier editions have inspired thousands of scholars and folklorists. Mrs. Forbes laid down the model for all subsequent carver research.
CONTENTS: The Spirit of the Gravestone, the Substance of Gravestones, 17th Century Stonecutters of Boston, The Lamsons, Charles Town, Fosters of Dorchester, 18th Century Boston Stonecutters, of Groton and Harvard, Thistle-Carver of Tatnuck, The Gravestones of Rhode Island, & Connecticut.
FEATURES IN THIS EDITION: An original concordance between the illustrations and the text to which they apply, tallied in a completely new index. Includes a biographical preface about the author, based on an interview with her daughter.
A REVIEWER COMMENTS: "A ground-breaking work on these significant artifacts ... an indispensable source on the subject." Richard F. Welch, Author: Gravestones of L.I.
1989 200 Illus.ISBN 0-930194-08-X Spiral $21.95 Download Order Form
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