A framed brass rubbing
On gilt silk-effect paper, depicting a coat of arms above a knight in armour with hands clasped, above a poem beginning with the words 'Thy lymmes [limbs] O Wade that lately death hath slaine', and with the date 12th September 1557, mounted and framed, 57cm wide x 147cm high
Sold for
£62
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Probably a rubbing of the tomb of Guy Wade from the parish church of Standon in Hertfordshire. Guy Wade - and his will - are mentioned in The Diary of Henry Machyn 1550 - 1563, for 15th September 1557 where he is named as 'squire and secondary of the Counter in Wood Street'. The Wood Street Counter or 'Compter' was one of London's prisons.
Category: Furniture / Oak Furniture
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