Zerubbabel Collins
Zerubbabel Collins (1733–1797) was a carver of stone gravestones in New England in the 18th century. He has been called "one of the most important carvers represented in Vermont in the years after the American Revolution"[1] and "one of the most talented [gravestone carvers] of his time".[2]
Life and work[edit]
Collins was the son of Benjamin Collins (1691–1759), a cabinet maker and gravestone craftsman.[2] Collins' older brother Julius Collins (1728–1758) was also a gravestone carver and later a military man.[2]
Collins first worked in eastern Connecticut. He carved his father's gravestone.[3] In 1778 he moved to Vermont, where he worked in white marble and in granite.[2]
Cemeteries with gravestones by Zerubbabel Collins[edit]
- Hebron, Connecticut
- Columbia, Connecticut
- Salem, New York
- Bennington Centre Cemetery, Bennington, Vermont - over 40 gravestones by Collins
- Shaftsbury, Vermont
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "William E. Harding Collection, 1972-2003". Archivegrid. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Collins Family Carvers". Connecticut Gravestone Network. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- ^ Shapleigh-Brown, Ruth. "The Cemeteries of Hebron, Connecticut: Their Historic Monuments, Stone Carvers and Care" (PDF). The Hebron Historic Properties Commission & The Hebron Historical Society. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
Further reading[edit]
- Harding, William E., 1972, “The graveyard at Old Bennigton, Vermont, and the gravestones of Zerubbabel Collins”, B.A. thesis, Williams College.
- Benes, Peter and Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife, 1977, Puritan Gravestone Art, Dublin, New Hampshire: Boston University and the Dublin Seminar.
- Hosley, W.N., 1985, The Great River: Art & Society of the Connecticut Valley, 1635-1820, Hartford, Connecticut: Wadsworth Atheneum.
- Slater, James A., 1987, The Colonial Burying Grounds of Connecticut and the Men Who Made Them, Hamden, Connecticut: Archon Books.
- Ludwig, Allan I., 1999, Graven Images. New England Stonecarving and Its Symbols, 1650–1815, Wesleyan University Press.