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Creator:
Rubbed by Townsend Rich, 1909–1998
Title:

William Thorpe and His Widow Marion, The Parish Church of St. Mary, Higham Ferrers

Part Of:

Collective Title: Monumental Brass Rubbings

Date:
1966
Medium:
Crayon rubbing on two sheets of thin, smooth, white wove paper
Dimensions:
Image: 54 × 37 inches (137.2 × 94 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed on left sheet in black crayon, lower center: "William and Marion Thorpe 1504 | Higham Ferrers"; on right sheet, lower right: "Townsend Rich 6.23.66"

Lettered upper center: "Scta trinitas un deus miserere nobis"; lower center: "Pray for the soull of Willm Thorpe Mercer and Marion his wyfe which Willm decessyd | the V th day of October the yere of oure lord M V iii on whose soullys Jhu have mercy"

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Townsend Rich
Copyright Status:
Copyright Undetermined
Accession Number:
B1982.21.77
Classification:
Brass Rubbings
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
architectural subject | portrait
Associated Places:
Higham Ferrers
Access:
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:83991
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