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Creator:
Rubbed by Townsend Rich, 1909–1998
Title:
Nathaniel and Elizabeth Bacon, The Parish Church of St. Michael, Aveley
Part Of:

Collective Title: Monumental Brass Rubbings

Date:
1968
Materials & Techniques:
Crayon rubbing on thin, smooth, white wove paper
Dimensions:
Image: 31 × 17 inches (78.7 × 43.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in black ink, lower left: "Nathaniel and Elizabeth Bacon, 1588 | Aveley, Essex"; lower right: "Townsend Rich | August 12, 1968"

Lettered lower center: "Here under lyeth buryed the bodies of | Nathaniell Bacon sonne of Edward Bacon | Esquire + Heleyne his wife, and Elizabeth Bacon | sister of ye said Nathaniell wch Nathaniell depted | this present life the xiiiith day of Marche. 1586. | beinge of the age of iii yeares, and Elizabeth | lykewise died the xxiiith of Marche in the same | yeare beinge of the age of two yeares."

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Townsend Rich
Copyright Status:
Copyright Undetermined
Accession Number:
B1982.21.135
Classification:
Brass Rubbings
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
architectural subject | portrait
Associated Places:
Aveley
Access:
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:84049
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