The authors have created an elaborately illustrated book explaining why they refer to cemeteries as “museums without walls.”
Lasting Impressions has been described as a “treasure trove" of fascinating information relating to cemetery art and history.
• Hard cover, 170 pages with dust jacket, containing over 300 photographs and meticulous gravestone rubbings from the authors’ extensive collections.
• An extensive Index detailing iconology carved on gravestones
• Information on the talented artisans who carved the most revered gravestones of the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries.
• A chapter on cemetery conservation and preservation.
• A chapter on the proper procedure for rubbing gravestones.
• A study guide which will make you a gravestone detective.
• An extensive bibliography
A must have for anyone interested in old burying grounds, graveyards and cemeteries. This is a book that will make you want to join a cemetery association in your town or city to help conserve and preserve these beautiful and tranquil places where talented artisans have carved in stone a community’s history.
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