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Lunette - Richard Kimball LbNA #37627

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Jan 16, 2008
Location:
City:Griswold
County:New London
State:Connecticut
Boxes:1
Planted by:Nomad Indian Saint
Found by: cooledcoyote
Last found:Jul 31, 2021
Status:FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
Last edited:Jan 16, 2008
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. Stones carved by Richard Kimball are quite unique in Connecticut. He appears to have developed his own distinctive style free of obvious outside influences. His stones vary considerably as his style evolved during his long career. His most characteristic stones have almost square faces with slanted eyes, and they usually have a floral pattern. Early stones may be very simple and rather crude – or very elaborate with flaring crowns and facial borders with series of dots. Let’s find a few of his stones in Griswold.

Pachaug Cemetery, Griswold, CT

From the back side of the white shed located on the left side of the cemetery, 63 degrees and 13 paces to Captain John Brown’s stone, carved by R. Kimball. (If you look a few rows behind, you will see more of his work.) From the Captain John Brown walk 19 paces towards the northern stone wall. Turn to your left and you will see an old entrance to the cemetery. Go to it and look in the stone wall about 1 foot from the left pillar holding the gate – behind the trap door near the top.