Fettiplace Tomb in St Mary the Virgin, Swinbrook, Oxfordshire
Category
Photographs
Date
1934
Materials
Card
Measurements
89 x 176 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1522154
Summary
A monochrome gelatine silver print stereograph of the Fettiplace Tomb in St Mary the Virgin, Swinbrook, Oxfordshire. The 2 images, with rectangular top edges, are mounted in a black card frame with rounded corners and a space of 2 mm between them. The image shows the upper part of the 1613 tomb which contains three male Fettiplaces, recumbent, stacked as if on shelves, one above the other. The Fettiplace shown is William (d. 1562).There is an addition Fettiplace tomb constructed in 1686. Marking: Verso, written in black ink vertically on the left hand side " Swinbrook, upper part of Fettiplace monuments".
Provenance
Donated on 5 September 2012 to the Fox Talbot Museum by Mrs Sylvia Warwick.