- Title:
- Dr. John Blodwell, Rector, The Parish Church of the Holy Trinity, Balsham
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1968
- Materials & Techniques:
- Crayon rubbing on thin, smooth, white wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Image: 106 × 49 inches (269.2 × 124.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in black ink, lower left: "Dr. John Blodwell, 1462 | Balsham, Cambridgeshire"; lower right: "Townsend Rich | July 30, 1968"
Lettered border: "Egregius doctor hoc qui sub marmore pausat | John Blodwell longo tempore cecus erat. Hic residens vetulus decor ecclesie bonus hopes. Cui deus hospicium sit requies que dies | Qui obiit xvi die mensis Aprilis Anno | Domini Millino CCCC lxii Cui deus eternum det miserans requiem Amen."; lower center: "Cambria me genuit. Docuit bononia Jua | Praxim Roma dedit. Nacio prima loqui | Hec tua pompa labor. De sint laus fama salutes | Vis genus era decor. Vana caduca putes | Quid florens etas. Brevis est ois caro fenu | Ignorans metas. Curris ad vita senum | Sors pluat ambita. Nichil oi parte beatum | Invenit hac via. Preter amare deum | Quem pius orando. Poscas functo misereri | Et te non quando. Consimilem fieri | Ut noscas memores. Vivos hac lege teneri | Est hodie cineres. qui fuit ignis heri"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Townsend Rich
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Undetermined
- Accession Number:
- B1982.21.122
- Classification:
- Brass Rubbings
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | portrait
- Associated Places:
- Balsham
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:84036
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Rubbed by Townsend Rich, 1909–1998, American, Dr. John Blodwell, Rector, The Parish Church of the Holy Trinity, Balsham, 1968
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