2-999-366 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Brass rubbing of a knight in armour, 1949. Knight wearing a helmet with chain mail: rubbing taken from a tomb in a church. Illustration from "English Brasses", handwritten, illustrated, and bound by calligrapher John Woodcock. The manuscript contains drawings of brass rubbings of many knights and nobles, including Sir John d'Abernon, Thomas de Hope, and Nichol de Gore, as well as noblewomen such as the wives of Reginald de Malyns, Nicholas Wadham, and Nicholas Wotton.