Early New England Stone Cutters–The Stone Cutter of Boston
The Old Stone Cutter has been called a “master craftsman” that set the standard for all later carvers in the Boston area in the seventeenth century.
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Early New England Gravestone Symbols
One of the earliest tombstone symbols in the United States is the Death’s Head. Also known as the “winged skull,” it pertains to
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Emblemes and Hieroglyphicks
When I first saw Mehtabel Sheafe’s gravestone in King’s Chapel Burying Ground in Boston, Massachusetts I thought it was a mother skeleton with
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