Brass Rubbing: Lady Maud de Cromwell

1982.05.0033

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Artifact Identification Brass Rubbing: Lady Maud de Cromwell   (1982.05.0033)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Documentary Artifacts
  4. :
  5. Graphic Documents
Artist/Maker Kathleen H. Cairns.
Geographic Location
Period Medieval
Date 1470 CE
Culture British, English

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 273.0 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 134.0 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 1.0 cm
Weight 525 g
Measuring Remarks Under Review
Materials Paper, Plant--Wood, Metal--Steel, Pigment
Manufacturing Processes Rubbing

Research Remarks

Description

From the catalogue, An Exhibition of Medieval Brass Rubbings by Kathleen H. Cairns. "Lady Maud de Cromwell, died 1947. Brass engraved c. 1470. Sister of Lady Joan de Cromwell, co-heir of Baron Ralph de Cromwell, her uncle. Widow of Robert Willoughby. A special benefactor to the Chantry Chapel. Triple canopy mutilated. In the side shafts are the following saints, from the left: Thomas of Canterbury, Christopher, John the Evangelist, Michael..., Anne, Helen, Sythe, Elizabeth. Shields lost."

Published Description Under Review
Bibliography

Cairns, Kathleen H. An Exhibition of Medieval Brass Rubbings, December 7, 1969 through January 4, 1970. Frick Fine Arts Building, University of Pittsburgh. Catalog #47.

Felgate, T.M. Knights on Suffolk Brasses. East Anglian Magazine Ltd. Ipswich, Suffolk 1976.

Spinke, Winifred. A Memento from Old England. Bury St. Edmunds, n.d.

Medieval Brass Rubbings (exhibit catalogue), Pittsburgh, 1969.

Cairns, Kathleen H. An Exhibition of Medieval Brass Rubbings, October 20 through November 19, Catalog #38.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Gift of Kathleen H. Cairns
Reproduction no

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