- Title:
- Sir Thomas Brounflet, The Parish Church of St. Lawrence, Wymington
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1968
- Materials & Techniques:
- Crayon rubbing on thin, smooth, white wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Image: 97 × 33 inches (246.4 × 83.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in black ink, center left: "Sir Thomas Brounflet, 1430 | Wymington, Bedfordshire"; lower right: "Townsend Rich | July 27, 1968"
Lettered lower center: "Laus Thome crescit Brounflet decus ome favescit | Qui post discessit, hac tomba morte quiescit | Regis R. ex donis pincerna fuit regionis | Hui. et ipe bonis factis condicionis | Dignus ad hoc utique. fit Tresorer hospicii que | H. Quarti sibi que quia verax vixit ubique | Hic Rex iussiusset ut Thesaurarius isset | Anglis. manisset ex sensu ni remiesset | O tibi sunt similes pauci dignissie miles | Namque gradus abiles scandunt sensu Iuveniles | Silvestri festo migrasti fine modesto | Anno Milleno quater + C.ter quoque deno | Miles discrete, melioris digne poete | Det xpe lete, te sedem sacdero mete."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Townsend Rich
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Undetermined
- Accession Number:
- B1982.21.36
- Classification:
- Brass Rubbings
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | portrait
- Associated Places:
- Bedfordshire
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:83950
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Rubbed by Townsend Rich, 1909–1998, American, Sir Thomas Brounflet, The Parish Church of St. Lawrence, Wymington, 1968
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