Rubbed by Townsend Rich, 1909–1998, American, John Sea and His Two Wives, Martha Hammond and Sara Boys, The Parish Church of St. Martin, Herne, 1968
- Title:
John Sea and His Two Wives, Martha Hammond and Sara Boys, The Parish Church of St. Martin, Herne
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1968
- Medium:
- Crayon rubbing on thin, smooth, white wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Image: 39 × 31 inches (99.1 × 78.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in black ink, lower left: "John Sea and Wives, 1604 | Herne, Kent"; lower right: "Townsend Rich | June 29, 1968"
Lettered lower center: "Here lieth interred Iohn Sea of Vunderdowne in the parishe | of Herne Esquire. who took to wife Martha Hammond daugh | ter of Tho Ham: of S Albans in East Kent Esq: by whom he had | issue vi. sonnes & iii. daughters, & after her decease married | Sara Boys eldest daughter vnto Thomas Boys of Barefreston | Gent. by whom he had one sonne & one daughter. He lived and | died in Peace. Obiit 23, Februarii anno Dni 1604."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Townsend Rich
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Undetermined
- Accession Number:
- B1982.21.85
- Classification:
- Brass Rubbings
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | portrait
- Associated Places:
- Kent
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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