Vintage Brass Rubbing Thomas Bullen Knight Order Of The Garter 1538

Description

This is Vintage Brass Rubbing of the brass plaque on the black marble tomb of Thomas Bullen, Knight Order Of The Garter 1538.
Located in the St. Peter's Church at Hever Castle, Kent
The inscription reads:
" Here lieth Sr Thomas Bullen Knight of the Order of te Garter Erle of Wilscher and
Erle of Ormunde wiche decessed the 12 dai of Marche in the iere of our Lorde 1538"
Brass
rubbing
was originally a largely British enthusiasm for reproducing onto paper monumental
brasses
– commemorative
brass
plaques found in churches, usually originally on the floor, from between the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries. The concept of recording textures of things is more generally called making a
rubbing
.
The rubbed plaque measures 22" X 9.5" . The paper has been rolled up for years and shows creases in the thin paper.
See pictures for better details.