Rubbed by Townsend Rich, 1909–1998, American, John Ayshcombe and His Two Wives, The Parish Church of St. James the Great, West Hanney, 1968
- Title:
John Ayshcombe and His Two Wives, The Parish Church of St. James the Great, West Hanney
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1968
- Medium:
- Crayon rubbing on thin, smooth, white wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Image: 60 × 36 inches (152.4 × 91.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in black ink, lower left: "John Ayshcombe and Wives | West Hanney, Berkshire"; lower right: "Townsend Rich | July 20, 1968."
Lettered lower center: "Here lyeth buryed the body of Iohn Ashcombe of Lyfford gent: | who had two wives, by the first he had no Issue; the second | wife was Margerye Welsborne, one of the daughters of Oliver | Welsborne of this parishe Esqr: by whom he had ten sonnes and | four daughters; wch Margerye was here buryed the 26 day of Iune A | Dni 1591 & the sayd Iohn Ayshcombe dyed ye 7th day of Sept. Ao 1592"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Townsend Rich
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Undetermined
- Accession Number:
- B1982.21.84
- Classification:
- Brass Rubbings
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | portrait
- Associated Places:
- Berkshire
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:83998
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