Rubbed by Townsend Rich, 1909–1998, American, William Thorpe and His Widow Marion, The Parish Church of St. Mary, Higham Ferrers, 1966
- Title:
William Thorpe and His Widow Marion, The Parish Church of St. Mary, Higham Ferrers
- Part Of:
- 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:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:83991
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