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Lunette - Lebbeus Kimball LbNA #33106

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Jul 16, 2007
Location:
City:Pomfret
County:Windham
State:Connecticut
Boxes:1
Planted by:Nomad Indian Saint
Found by: quiltjoy
Last found:Feb 16, 2019
Status:aFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFa
Last edited:Jul 16, 2007
Have you ever marveled at the 18 and early 19th century headstones of our ancestors? The colonial burying grounds of New England represent some of the most wondrous carvings and are treasure troves of information and beauty of many kinds. The stones are the “persisting symbols of an art form that is largely indigenous, that reached a high level of abstract complexity and beauty that died away in an amazingly short period of time.”

The term lunette is referred to as the top central area of the stone, the area containing the cherub. The early stones of Lebbeus, the son of Richard Kimball, are, at present at least, difficult to distinguish from the work of his father, and they may have worked together on some stones. Both Kimballs lived in Pomfret in their early years. Lebbeus’ style changed dramatically when he moved to Lebanon. His stones do not have a strongly swollen mouth, the wings are very strongly swept upward and tend to meet below the face and the lettering is quite distinct. The starring round eyes immediately give the cherubim a quite different appearance from the baleful or withdrawn features of the Manning cherubim. Kimball also used a stone that frequently contained iron oxide, which now gives the stone a reddish brown coloration.

Abington Burying Ground – Pomfret, CT

Walk through the gate and straight ahead until reaching the bottom of the hill. Turn 45 degrees to your left and there will be a row of headstones in front of you going up the hill. You will be looking at the side of them – not the front. The 4th stone with the flag – Ebenezer Stoddard is an example of Kimball’s work. From here, go to the westerly corner. From the corner, take about 2 to 3 steps along the wall in a northerly direction. You will see a wooden post behind this spot (landmark). The box is nestled behind 2 rocks in the wall.