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Creator:
Rubbed by Townsend Rich, 1909–1998
Title:
Sir John Bernard and His Wife Lady Ellen Swinerton, the Parish Church of St. Andrew, Isleham
Part Of:

Collective Title: Monumental Brass Rubbings

Date:
1966
Materials & Techniques:
Crayon rubbing on thin, smooth, white wove paper
Dimensions:
Image: 52 × 26 inches (132.1 × 66 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in black ink, lower left: "Sir John Bernard and Lady Eleanor, 1451 | Isleham, Cambridgeshire"; lower right: "Townsend Rich | August 24, 1966"

Lettered upper center: "Hic iacet Johes Bernard miles qui obiit xxiii die mensis marcii A dm M cccc li | et dna Elena Swyn'ton ux'is pdci Johes Bernard milit filie + heredis Johis Mallore | milit de Com nomt qe obiit xiii die mes Octobris A dm M CCCC xl et dna Elizabeth Sakevyle | secude ux'isp'dci Johis Bernard milit qe obiit x die mes Julii A dm M CCCC lxiii q'r aiabs de' ppiciet"

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Townsend Rich
Copyright Status:
Copyright Undetermined
Accession Number:
B1982.21.39
Classification:
Brass Rubbings
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
architectural subject | portrait
Associated Places:
Cambridgeshire
Access:
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:83953
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