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Creator:
Rubbed by Townsend Rich, 1909–1998
Title:
Sir John Daunce and His Wife Dame Alice Letton, The Parish Church of St. Michael, Blewbury
Part Of:

Collective Title: Monumental Brass Rubbings

Date:
1968
Materials & Techniques:
Crayon rubbing on thin, smooth, white wove paper
Dimensions:
Image: 45 × 18 inches (114.3 × 45.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in black ink, lower left: "Sir John Daunce and Dame Alice, 1523 | Blewbury, Berkshire"; lower right: "Townsend Rich | July 19, 1968"

Lettered lower center: "Of yor charite pray for the soll of Dame Alice Dawnce, dawghtr | of Thomas Letton gentilman late the wif of Sr. John Daunce | knight, councellor + surveyor gen'all unto or soveryn lorde | Kyng Henry the viii Whyche depted ye xxvii day of August | in ye yere of or lorde god M d xxiii on whos soll Jhu have m'ci."

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Townsend Rich
Copyright Status:
Copyright Undetermined
Accession Number:
B1982.21.50
Classification:
Brass Rubbings
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
architectural subject | portrait
Associated Places:
Berkshire
Access:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:83964
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