Early New England Stonecutters–George Allen Sr.
George Allen Sr. (1696-1774) was described as a “New England Master of Gravestone Carving.” Allen lived and worked in Rehoboth, Massachusetts and is
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Early New England Stonecutters
New England, and in particular the Boston area, boasted some of the finest gravestone carvers of the era and to this day. Seventeenth
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Early New England Stone Cutters–Joseph Lamson (1658-1722)
Joseph Lamson was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts in 1658, the son of William and Sarah (Ayers) Lamson. Joseph Lamson’s early designs suggest he
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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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