gravestone rubbing
Cemetery paper impression
Gravestone rubbing is the practice of placing paper over a carved gravestone and rubbing with charcoal, crayon, or chalk to transfer the inscription and decorative elements.
The technique produces a reverse image of the stone's surface, preserving names, dates, and designs: She collected gravestone rubbings from colonial cemeteries.
Popular with genealogists and historians.
- cemeteryPlace for interring remains
- tombstoneMemorial stone at grave
- epitaphText honoring the deceased
- charcoalBurned wood residue
- waxPliable waterproof substance
rice paper · paper · masking tape · art project · tracing · memorial · inscription · brass · crayon · texture · genealogy · family history · ancestor · churchyard · local church · weathered · moss · lichen
- rubbingsfrottage
gravestone rubbingphotograph
Image from a camera
digital scan · 3D scanning · digital photography · photogrammetry · laser scanning
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