Thursday, June 17, 2010

Gravestone of the Day: Alice Foord

Alice Foord, 1733, Lincoln, MA
HERE LYES Ye
BODY OF MRS
ALICE FOORD
WIFE TO Mr PELEG
FOORD WHO
DYED MAY Ye 30th
1733 & IN Ye 38th
YEAR OF HER AGE

1 comment:

Caitlin GD Hopkins said...

I'll add this to the file of evidence related to the gravestone production process.

The only times I've ever watched someone carve a gravestone have been my trips to the John Stevens shop, where the carvers paint the letters before carving. They certainly never end up making spacing decisions mid-line.