Daniel Farber
Gravestone of Joseph Tapping, 1678, Charlestown, Massachusetts

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Artist Daniel Farber (American, 1906–1998)American, 1906–1998

CultureAmerican

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Gravestone of Joseph Tapping, 1678, Charlestown, Massachusetts

Date1974

PlaceCharlestown, Massachusetts, United States

MediumGelatin silver print

Dimensionsimage, irregular: 17 × 15 7/8 inches (43.2 × 40.3 cm)
mount: 21 1/4 × 19 15/16 inches (54.0 × 50.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of the artist and Jessie Lie Farber

Object number92.398

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscription: Stamped in black ink on mount verso, lower left corner: "PHOTO BY DANIEL BARBER (1974-78)/ AFTER THE DEATH OF DANIEL FARBER/ THE NEGATIVES FROM WHICH THESE/PRINTS WERE MADE WILL BE IN THE/ POSSESSION OF THE AMERICAN ANTI-/QUARIAN SOCIETY, WORCESTER, MASS." Inscribed in black ink on mount verso, top left corner, and lower left corner, vertically: "JOSEPH TANNING 1678/ KING'S CHAPEL, BOSTON"

Signed in black ink on mount verso, top left corner: "Daniel Farber 1974"

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