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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:

The Famous Brass Tomb Plate in the Parish Church of Tielen

 Item — Box 05: [Barcode: 35138008115773], Folder: 01, Object: 03
Identifier: MSS010:05.01.03

Thomas and Benet Gray, 1975

 Item — Box 01: [Barcode: 35138008115732], Folder: 01, Object: 16
Identifier: MSS010:01.01.16
Scope and Contents

Thomas and Benet Gray, 1506. Gold on black paper. Located at Cople, Bedfordshire, England. 26”W x 29”L

Dates: 1975

Thomas and Emme Pownder, 1975

 Item — Box 01: [Barcode: 35138008115732], Folder: 01, Object: 21
Identifier: MSS010:01.01.21
Scope and Contents

Thomas and Emme Pownder, 1525. The arms of the Town of Ipswich are incorrect. Gold on black paper. Located at St. Mary-at-Quay, Ipswich, Suffolk, England. 30”W x 48”L

Dates: 1975

Thomas Bullen, 1975

 Item — Box 02: [Barcode: 35138008115740], Folder: 01, Object: 05
Identifier: MSS010:02.01.05
Scope and Contents

Thomas Bullen, 1538. Knight of the order of the Garter, Earl of Wilscher, Earl of Ormunde. Gold on black paper. Plaque. Located at Hever Castle, Hever, Kent, England. 30”w x 11.5”L

Dates: 1975

Thomas Cheyn, 1965

 Item — Box 02: [Barcode: 35138008115682], Folder: 01, Object: 03
Identifier: MSS09:02.01.03
Scope and Contents

Thomas Cheyne, 1368. Unusual decorated plate leg armor. Brass damaged. Located at Drayton Beauchamp, Buckinghamshire. 22”W x 72”L

Dates: 1965

Tomb plate pamhplet

 Item — Box 05: [Barcode: 35138008115773], Folder: 01, Object: 02
Identifier: MSS010:05.01.02

Transactions of the Monumental Brass Society.

 Item — Box 05: [Barcode: 35138008115773], Folder: 01, Object: 08
Identifier: MSS010:05.01.08

Two women (from separate brasses?), 1975

 Item — Box 03: [Barcode: 35138008115757], Folder: 01, Object: 16
Identifier: MSS010:03.01.16
Scope and Contents

Two women (from separate brasses?). Date unknown. Black on white paper. Located at Chrishall, Essex, England. 18”W x 20”L

Dates: 1975

Unknown academic, 1965

 Item — Frame Framed: [Barcode: 35138007862664], Frame: 01, Object: 08
Identifier: MSS09:07.01.07
Scope and Contents

Unknown Academic, 1594. Fur trimmed cloak. Book in hand. Late Tudor costume. Located at Isleham, Cambridgeshire. 18.5”W x 42”L

Dates: 1965

Unknown Knight, 1965

 Item — Box 03: [Barcode: 35138008115690], Folder: 01, Object: 12
Identifier: MSS09:03.01.12
Scope and Contents

Unknown Knight, 1442. Plate armor. Gold and black. Located at Digswell, Hertfordshire. 23”W x 40.5”L

Dates: 1965