Brass Rubbing: Thomas Lord Berkeley & Wife

1982.05.0124

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Artifact Identification Brass Rubbing: Thomas Lord Berkeley & Wife   (1982.05.0124)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Documentary Artifacts
  4. :
  5. Graphic Documents
Artist/Maker Kathleen H. Cairns.
Geographic Location
Period Medieval
Date 1417 CE
Culture British, English

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 213.0 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 122.0 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 1.3 cm
Weight 488 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. "Thomas, Lord Berkeley, 1417. In Lancastrian armour with collar of mermaids, an heraldic device. His leather gloves are studded with steel. A lion is at his feet. Margaret, his wife, was daughter and heir of Gerald Warren, Lord Lisle, 1392."

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 #22.

Felgate, T.M. Knights on Suffolk Brasses. East Anglian Magazine Ltd. Ipswich, Sufflok 1976.
Spinke, Winifred. A Memento from Old England. Bury St. Edmunds, n.d.

Artifact History

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

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