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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 222 Collections and/or Records:

Possibly a shield or coat of arms bearing roses, 1975

 Item — Box 03: [Barcode: 35138008115757], Folder: 01, Object: 17
Identifier: MSS010:03.01.17
Scope and Contents

Possibly a shield or coat of arms bearing roses. Gold on black paper. Located at Chrishall, Essex, England. 30”W x 30”L

Dates: 1975

Possibly a shield or coat of arms bearing roses., 1975

 Item — Box 03: [Barcode: 35138008115757], Folder: 01, Object: 18
Identifier: MSS010:03.01.18
Scope and Contents

Possibly a shield or coat of arms bearing roses. Red on white paper. Located at Chrishall, Essex, England. 30”W x 30”L

Dates: 1975

Price list

 Item — Box 05: [Barcode: 35138008115773], Folder: 01, Object: 22
Identifier: MSS010:05.01.22

Price list

 Item — Box 05: [Barcode: 35138008115773], Folder: 01, Object: 21
Identifier: MSS010:05.01.21

Radulfo Wiclifo (Wycliffe), 1975

 Item — Box 03: [Barcode: 35138008115757], Folder: 01, Object: 01
Identifier: MSS010:03.01.01
Scope and Contents

Radulfo Wiclifo (Wycliffe), 1606. Kneeling man and coat of arms over a plaque. Black on white paper. Located in England. 30”W x 19.5”L

Dates: 1975

Radulfo Wiclifo (Wycliffe), 1975

 Item — Box 03: [Barcode: 35138008115757], Folder: 01, Object: 02
Identifier: MSS010:03.01.02
Scope and Contents

Radulfo Wiclifo (Wycliffe), 1606. Kneeling man and coat of arms. Black on gold paper. Located in England. 17”W x 15”L

Dates: 1975

Ralph Hamsterly, Rector, 1965

 Item — Frame Framed: [Barcode: 35138007862664], Frame: 01, Object: 04
Identifier: MSS09:07.01.04
Scope and Contents

Ralph Hamsterly, Rector, 1518. Shrouded figure in decay, a reminder of immortality and to encourage good behavior. Located at Oddington, Oxfordshire. 35”W x 13”L

Dates: 1965

Reginald Braybrook, 1975

 Item — Box 01: [Barcode: 35138008115732], Folder: 01, Object: 01
Identifier: MSS010:01.01.01
Scope and Contents

Reginald Braybrook, 1401. Knight in armor flanked by smaller figures of his two sons. Gold and black. Located at Cobham, Kent, England. 30”W x 57.5”L

Dates: 1975

Request form

 Item — Box 05: [Barcode: 35138008115773], Folder: 01, Object: 20
Identifier: MSS010:05.01.20

Resurrection brass, 1975

 Item — Box 01: [Barcode: 35138008115732], Folder: 01, Object: 13
Identifier: MSS010:01.01.13
Scope and Contents

Resurrection brass, 1500. Gold on black paper. Two images on one page. Located at All Hallows-by-the-Tower, London, England. 30”W x 17”L

Dates: 1975