Main entry:

Trask, Deborah E.

Title & Author:

Life how short, eternity how long : gravestone carving and carvers in Nova Scotia / Deborah E. Trask.

Publication:

Halifax, N.S. : Nova Scotia Museum, 1978.

Description:

100 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 98-99).
The first cut -- French and Indians -- Imported stones of the eighteenth century -- Angel heads -- Primitive local carving -- The Horton carver -- The second Horton carver -- The Annapolis carver -- German stones -- Scottish stones -- Trumpeting figures -- The neo-classical revival -- Willow and urn -- The rural cemetary movement -- White stone -- Hands -- Flowers -- Masonic imagery -- Cast iron -- White bronze -- Granite -- Curiosities -- The Hay family of Halifax -- The Seaman family of Horton and Cumberland -- J.W. -- Coll Campbell -- Stonecarvers whose work is found in Nova Scotia.

Summary:

This study of Nova Scotia gravestones gives a brief history of the gravestone tradition in the province and takes a more detailed look at the types of stone used, historic trends, popular designs, symbolism and peculiarities of individual carvers. Also includes information on carvers of particular interest.

ISBN:

0919680097
9780919680098
0919680127 (pbk.)
9780919680128 (pbk.)

Subject:

Sepulchral monuments Nova Scotia.
Stone carving Nova Scotia.
Stone-cutters Nova Scotia.
Sepulchral monuments.
Stone carving.
Stone-cutters.
Stone carvers Nova Scotia.
Monuments funéraires Nouvelle-Écosse.
Sculpture en pierre Nouvelle-Écosse.
Tailleurs de pierre Nouvelle-Écosse.
Nova Scotia History, Local.
Nova Scotia.
Canada, Nova Scotia Cemeteries.
Canada, Nova Scotia Occupations.
Nouvelle-Écosse Histoire locale.

Form/genre:

Local history.

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 42288
Call No.: 7851 CAN; ID:89-B2257
Status: Available