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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)MBS/1/DEV/9/9
TitleThomas Carew, esquire, in armour and wife, Anne, 1656
Extent1 item
Datend
DescriptionRubbing of brass rectangular plate showing effigies kneeling at a prie-dieu; five sons (eldest in armour) and one daughter holding skull, all kneeling; images of skulls, cross bones and hour glasses; angels; inscription in English verse; oval achievement with motto; one shield and fragment of another. Rubbing made by William Gibson.
Access StatusOpen
Physical DescriptionPaper, folded; bottom edge folded back and secured with tape; typed label
Dimensions: 190 x 94 cms
Custodial HistoryFormerly in the collection of J. Roger Greenwood; MBS 791
Publication NoteThis brass is cited and described in Mill Stephenson, 'A List of Monumental Brasses in the British Isles ' (1964): Haccombe V
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