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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:

Unknown Lady, 1965

 Item — Box 03: [Barcode: 35138008115690], Folder: 01, Object: 03
Identifier: MSS09:03.01.03
Scope and Contents

Unknown Lady, 1415. Gold on black. Located at Digswell, Buckinghamshire. 22”W x 79”L

Dates: 1965

Unknown Lady, 1965

 Item — Box 03: [Barcode: 35138008115690], Folder: 01, Object: 09
Identifier: MSS09:03.01.09
Scope and Contents

Unknown Lady, 1420. Long gown, dog at feet. Gold and blue. Scroll. Located at Surrey. 24”W x 52”L

Dates: 1965

Unknown lady, 1965

 Item — Box 04: [Barcode: 35138008115708], Folder: 01, Object: 10
Identifier: MSS09:04.01.10
Scope and Contents

Unknown Lady, 1500. Located at Linton Parish Church, Cambridgeshire. 31.5”W x 51.5”L

Dates: 1965

Unknown lady, 1965

 Item — Box 04: [Barcode: 35138008115708], Folder: 01, Object: 15
Identifier: MSS09:04.01.15
Scope and Contents

Unknown Lady in shroud, 1520. Located at Berkhamstead

Dates: 1965

Unknown lady, 1965

 Item — Frame Framed: [Barcode: 35138007862664], Frame: 01, Object: 06
Identifier: MSS09:07.01.06
Scope and Contents

Unknown Lady, 1535. Heraldic dress. Located at St. Helen’s, Bishops gate, London. 37.5”W x 15.5”L

Dates: 1965

Unknown Lady, 1965

 Item — Frame Framed: [Barcode: 35138007862664], Frame: 01, Object: 10
Identifier: MSS09:07.01.10
Scope and Contents

Unknown Lady, 1520. Pedimental Headdress. Copper on brown cardboard. Located at Luton Parish Church, Bedfordshire. 10”W x 26”L

Dates: 1965

Unknown Military figure and wife, 1965

 Item — Box 05: [Barcode: 35138008115716], Folder: 01, Object: 10
Identifier: MSS09:05.01.10
Scope and Contents

Unknown Military figure and wife, 1628. Brass shows great deterioration and poor quality. Cumbersome military costume, ballooned pants, high boots. Both figures wear ruff collar. Scroll. 30”W x 24”L

Dates: 1965

Unknown people of unknown date, 1975

 Item — Box 04: [Barcode: 35138008115765], Folder: 01, Object: 02
Identifier: MSS010:04.01.02
Scope and Contents

Unknown people of unknown date. Armored knight with gowned woman. Gold on black paper. Located at Greater Barford, Bedfordshire, England. 12”W x 18”L

Dates: 1975

Unknown people of unknown date, 1975

 Item — Box 04: [Barcode: 35138008115765], Folder: 01, Object: 03
Identifier: MSS010:04.01.03
Scope and Contents

Unknown people of unknown date. Three robed women with covered hair, one man. Plaque with text. Gold on black paper. Located at St. Mary Cray, London, England. 20”W x 16”L

Dates: 1975

Unknown people of unknown date, 1975

 Item — Box 04: [Barcode: 35138008115765], Folder: 01, Object: 05
Identifier: MSS010:04.01.05
Scope and Contents

Unknown people of unknown date. Man in coat with gowned woman. Copper on brown paper. Located at Swaffham Prior (?), East Cambridgeshire, England. 27.5”W x 19”L

Dates: 1975