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Maker(s):Farber, Daniel
Culture:American (1906-1998)
Title:Headstone of Joseph Tapping, 1678, King's Chapel
Date Made:1974
Type:Photograph
Materials:drymounted on board
Measurements:mat: 28 x 22 in.; 71.12 x 55.88 cm; sheet: 18 1/2 x 19 7/8 in.; 46.99 x 50.4825 cm; image: 16 1/4 x 15 3/4 in.; 41.275 x 40.005 cm
Narrative Inscription:  Stamped on reverse "PHOTO BY DANIEL FARBER 1974. After the death of Daniel Farber the negative from which this print was made will be in the possession of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Dept of American Decorative Arts, in a collection titled "Carvings of Early New England Gravestones, 8 x 10 negatives, by Daniel Farber."
Accession Number:  MH 1975.20.2
Credit Line:Gift Daniel Farber
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

Description:
Two carved figures, one a skeleton in the center putting out a candle on the left. Carved lettering - EFPUS ERAT (difficult to read)

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