Lunette - Obadiah Wheeler #1 LbNA #41870 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Jul 16, 2008 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Lebanon |
| County: | New London |
| State: | Connecticut |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | Nomad Indian Saint  |
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| Found by: | SL |
| Last found: | Jan 20, 2014 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFar |
| Last edited: | Jul 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. The finest craftsman of the early inland rural carvers of Eastern Connecticut lived in Lebanon. His early stones somewhat resemble those of John Hartshorne in being three-lobed on the top and in having framed faces and elongate straight noses. They have a series of elaborate curls beside the face rather than wings and usually some form of diamond or triangle border design. Later Wheeler stones take several different styles of wings which are sometimes very elaborate. Wheeler faces are characterized by slender, aristocratic noses, almond eyes, and a small smiling or frowning mouth. Come see his early curl type stone.
Trumbull Cemetery – Lebanon, CT
From the tallest monument on the hill (Rev John Robinson) take a reading of 240 degrees and walk 22 paces to the other side of the cemetery to a somewhat tall, flat-top stone. The smaller stone to the right of it is Ebenez Johnson, the stone carved by Obadiah. Now take a reading of 240 degree and go to the stone wall, just to the right of a broken headstone resting on the wall. Please respect the cemetery during your visit.
The term lunette is referred to as the top central area of the stone, the area containing the cherub. The finest craftsman of the early inland rural carvers of Eastern Connecticut lived in Lebanon. His early stones somewhat resemble those of John Hartshorne in being three-lobed on the top and in having framed faces and elongate straight noses. They have a series of elaborate curls beside the face rather than wings and usually some form of diamond or triangle border design. Later Wheeler stones take several different styles of wings which are sometimes very elaborate. Wheeler faces are characterized by slender, aristocratic noses, almond eyes, and a small smiling or frowning mouth. Come see his early curl type stone.
Trumbull Cemetery – Lebanon, CT
From the tallest monument on the hill (Rev John Robinson) take a reading of 240 degrees and walk 22 paces to the other side of the cemetery to a somewhat tall, flat-top stone. The smaller stone to the right of it is Ebenez Johnson, the stone carved by Obadiah. Now take a reading of 240 degree and go to the stone wall, just to the right of a broken headstone resting on the wall. Please respect the cemetery during your visit.