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Creator:
Rubbed by Townsend Rich, 1909–1998
Title:
John Martin, Justice of the Common Pleas, and His Wife Anne Botiler, The Parish Church of All Saints, Gravenny
Part Of:

Collective Title: Monumental Brass Rubbings

Date:
1968
Materials & Techniques:
Crayon rubbing on thin, smooth, white wove paper
Dimensions:
Image: 117 × 47 inches (297.2 × 119.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in black ink, lower left: "John Martin, Justice of the Common Pleas, and His Wife, Anne, 1436 | Gravenny, Kent"; lower right: "Townsend Rich | June 28, 1968"

Lettered border: "Hic iacet Johnes Martyn quondam Dnus Ius | Dni Regis de coi Banco. Qui obiit Vicesimo die men CCCC xxxvi Et Anno Regni | Regis Henrici Sixti post conquestu Anglie Quintodecimo ac etiam | Anna uxor eius Que obiit - die mensis - Anno Dom Milessimo. CCCC - Quor aiab ppicietur deus Amen"; upper center: Miserere mei deus, decundam magnam misericordiam tuam. | Et sodni multitudine miseracionu tuaru, dele iniquitatem nostram."; lower center: "Inclines oclm: me conspice marmore pressum, O vir sum Speclm: mortis ymago tuum | Nunc felens prospicito: stans ora sepe memento, Magnificam uitam: mors inopina capit | Ante fui iudex: iam iudicis ante tribunal, Respondens paueo: iudicor ipse modo | Transit lux ubi lex: ubi laus mea fama silescunt, Ymmo uix nomen: uox semiuiua luit | Non sum qui fueram: uidata caro sepelitur, Ac prius acta male: mens renouanda sonat | Nam post carne mea: dotatus luce superna, Cernere spero deum: te sautare meum"

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Townsend Rich
Copyright Status:
Copyright Undetermined
Accession Number:
B1982.21.138
Classification:
Brass Rubbings
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
architectural subject | portrait
Associated Places:
Kent
Access:
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:84052
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