The Farber gravestone collection American Antiquarian Society
Description:
Contains photographs and rubbings of over 13,500 images documenting the sculpture on more than 9,000 gravestones, most of which were made prior to 1800, in the Northeastern part of the United States. The late Daniel Farber of Worcester, Massachusetts, and his wife, Jessie Lie Farber, were responsible for the largest portion of the collection. The collections of Harriette Merrifield Forbes and Ernest Caulfield are integrated into the Farber Collection
Subject:
Digital images -- Databases; Images, Photographic -- Databases; Art -- Databases; Sepulchral slabs; Sculpture, American -- Northeastern States -- 18th century; Cemeteries -- Northeastern States -- History -- 18th century; Sepulchral monuments -- Northeast