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Artist/Creator (1)	unknown American artist
Artist/Creator (1).Nationality	American
Artist/Creator (1).Role	artist, sculptor, stonecutter
Artist/Creator (2)	Charlestown Stonecutter
Artist/Creator (2).Nationality	American
Artist/Creator (2).Attribution	attributed to
Artist/Creator (2).Role	artist, sculptor, stonecutter
Title/Caption	Gravestone of John Foster
Variant Title/Caption	Tombstone of John Foster ;John Foster headstone
Site/Creative Center	Boston, Massachusetts (United States)
Date of Work	1681
Inscription	The / INGENIOUS / mathematician and printer / Mr JOHN FOSTER / AGED 33 YEARS DYED SEPT[embe]R 9TH / 1681 / APRIL 1681 / I.M. Astra Colis Vivens Moriens Super Aether Foster / Scande Precor Coelum Metiei Dicci Suprem / J.F. Metior Atoue Meum Est Emit Mihi Dives Ihesus / Nec Teneor Quiequam Nisi Grates Solvere
Notes	The Latin text refers to a letter from Increase Mather and John Foster's reply. I.M. [Increase Mather] Living thou studiest the stars; dying mayst though, Foster / I pray, mount above the skies, and learn to measure the highest heaven. J.F. [John Foster] I measure it, and it is mine; the Lord Jesus has bought it for me / Nor am I held to to pay aught for it but thanks. (See Elisabeth L. Roarke. 'Artists of Colonial America' (Artists of an Era) Westport, CT; Greenwood Press, 2003, page 34)
Technique/Process	sculpture
Materials/Medium	slate
Dimensions	H: 21 in. Carved area: 72.7 x 59.3 cm
Century	17th Century
Style of Work	American Colonial
Location.Current Site/City & Country	Boston, Massachusetts (United States)
Location.Current Repository	Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Location.Former Site/City & Country	Dorchester neighborhood. Boston, Massachusetts (United States)
Related Persons	Artist/Creator Charleston Stonecutter also appears as the Old Stone Cutter; the Old Stonecutter; the Charlestown Cutter; and the Stonecutter of Boston.
Subject	American sculpture 17th Century sculpture Funerary art Tombstones (sepulchral monuments) Headstones (tombstones) Figures winged Skeleton Time Death Hourglasses Scythes Darts Candles Candlesticks Globes (cartographic spheres) Candle snuffers Sun
Collection Title	Sculpture (Art and Art History Department images)
Collection Information	Collection administered by Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library (402) 472-1193
Copyright Information	http://contentdm.unl.edu/ah_copyright.html

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