Detail View: Farber Gravestone Collection: Walker, Isaac
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Name:
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Walker, Isaac
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City:
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Boston
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State/Province:
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Massachusetts
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Cemetery:
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King's Chapel
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Carver Description:
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Skulls/Skeletons, 1680-1699 (Multiple Carvers)
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Ornamental carving:
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Hourglass; Imps; Palls; Winged Skull
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Stone type:
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Slate
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Verse:
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No
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Photo number:
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HF1153
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Vol name:
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REGION25
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File name:
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hf1153
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Memo:
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Almost all of the "death imp" style stones were produced in the Lamson shop. Isaac Walker's marker may indeed be by Lamson, but because of some lettering characteristics it should probably also be compared to known work from the Mumford shop. It was probably carved in the late 1680s.
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