Lasting Impressions

by Cassandra Davidson and Paulette Chernack

From their own extensive collection of hundreds of gravestone rubbings and photographs, the author and the illustrator, a mother/daughter team, have carefully compiled an exceptionally beautiful book concentrating on the art, symbolism, and history found in graveyards and cemeteries. It has always been their priority to educate people about the beautiful art carved on gravestones found in old graveyards and cemeteries. After many years of research, they have created Lasting Impressions, which includes over 200 of their images presented as rubbings and photographs.An extensive Index illustrating the symbolism carved on gravestones from A to Z, information about how to properly rub a gravestone, important conservation and preservation notes, and a comprehensive study guide for educators make Lasting Impressions an important resource book for anyone interested in learning more about American gravestone carving of the seventeenth through nineteenth centuries.Each book section decodes the iconology found on New England gravestones, and in other locations such as Lewes, Delaware; Charleston, South Carolina; Key West and the west coast Florida. Even the history of New Orleans cemeteries with its so-called "Cities of the Dead" has its place in this presentation.Warning: Once you have this book in your possession, drive carefully along country roads and suburban highways because you'll want to brake for old graveyards.Readers can contact Paulette Chernack at gravestonerubbingsupplies.com or follow them on Facebook at gravestoneartwear?.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1937721388
• ISBN13: 9781937721381
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Peter E. Randall
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.0" x 10.0"