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brass rubbings

 Subject
Subject Source: Genre Terms: A Thesaurus for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing
Scope Note: Rubbings made from monumental, memorial brass plaques found in churches; created by using ink, colored wax, or another material to transfer an image on paper. Creating and collecting brass rubbings was a popular hobby in Britain from 17th-19th centuries, although the term may refer to any rubbing made from a brass plaque in any time period or culture

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Katherine Lewis rubbing

 Digital Image
Identifier: https://spec.sou.edu/items/show/229
Dates: Other: Death 1669

Sir Owen Wynne rubbing

 Digital Image
Identifier: https://spec.sou.edu/items/show/230
Dates: Other: Death 1660