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Summary:
Includes one volume of text on the sculptural iconoclasm of New England gravestones, and nine volumes of photographs (ca. 500) of gravestones.
Citation:
The graven images of New England : 1653-1800 /by Allen Ludwig, [ca.1960]. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
35mm microfilm reel D74 (frames 1-690) available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Biography Note:
Historian and photographer, born 1933, Yonkers, N.Y. Studied at Yale University, BFA'56, MA'60, Bollingen fellow '60-63, PhD'64. His GRAVEN IMAGES OF NEW ENGLAND was published in 1966 and again in 1975 by Weslyan University Press. Works in platinum printing and silver gelatin printing.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
The donors, Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin Weber, were the original sponsors of Ludwig's project to compile and publish his book.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
