Sir Simon de Felbrigg (d.1351), his wife Alice de Thorpe, Dame Alice de Felbrigg (d.1351), their son Sir Roger de Felbrigg (d.1380) and his wife Dame Elizabeth de Felbrigg
John Sell Cotman (Norwich 1782 – London 1842)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper
Measurements
480 mm (H)400 mm (W)450 mm (H)368 mm (W)291 mm (H)225 mm (W)
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Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 1397825
Summary
Print, etching, Sir Simon de Felbrigg (d.1351), his wife Alice de Thorpe, Dame Alice de Felbrigg (d.1351), their son Sir Roger de Felbrigg (d.1380) and his wife Dame Elizabeth de Felbrigg One of two framed prints of etchings of brass rubbings at St Margarets. Copy of a brass with four figures, standing to front with hands clasped in prayer; at left, Simon de Felbrigg and fragment of his wife Alice, followed by their son Roger de Felbrigg, a knight in helmet and armour with a lion at his feet, and his wife Elizabeth, with coat of arms above her head; two missing coats of arms outlined at top left and centre; commemorative plaque below, and below that a scale bar in feet. 1815. Inscribed 'A Brass in Felbrigg Church, Norfolk', 'Drawn, etched and published by J.S. Cotman, Jan'y 1815'. With scale of feet.
Provenance
Part of the Windham Collection. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1969 by Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer (1906-1969)
Makers and roles
John Sell Cotman (Norwich 1782 – London 1842), engraver (printmaker)