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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)MBS/1/DBY/5/2
TitleSir John Porte, founder of the hospital at Etwall and of the grammar school at Repton, in armour with tabard and two wives, Elizabeth and Dorothy, both in heraldic mantles, 1557
Extent1 item
Date1970
DescriptionRubbing of brass effigies all kneeling; the knight with helmet and gauntlets beside him; two sons and three daughters; inscription in English. Rubbing made by William Gibson 25 Mar 1970.
Access StatusOpen
Physical DescriptionPaper, folded; bottom edge folded back and secured with pressure sensitive tape; typed label
Dimensions: 66 x 108 cms
Custodial HistoryFormerly in the collection of J. Roger Greenwood; MBS 704
Publication NoteThis brass is cited and described in Mill Stephenson, 'A List of Monumental Brasses in the British Isles ' (1964): Etwall II
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