Rubbing2025.4 - Anne Woode holding two infants
Title
Rubbing2025.4 - Anne Woode holding two infants
Description
Wife of T. Asteley
Notes on the Parchment: on the back it has the label "Rubbing.5"
Description of Rubbing: Woman facing forward holding two infants in a chrysom style brass. The infants are swaddled.
She is wearing a long dress and robe. There is a rosary hanging down from the front of her dress attached to a belt.
The lines are very angular and bold with a lot of cross hatched shading.
Found note that she died giving birth to the twins and according to Newham is the only brass to show two children being held by their mother.
Notes on the Parchment: on the back it has the label "Rubbing.5"
Description of Rubbing: Woman facing forward holding two infants in a chrysom style brass. The infants are swaddled.
She is wearing a long dress and robe. There is a rosary hanging down from the front of her dress attached to a belt.
The lines are very angular and bold with a lot of cross hatched shading.
Found note that she died giving birth to the twins and according to Newham is the only brass to show two children being held by their mother.
Source
Hamline University Archives. 2025. "Anne a Wode." Hamline Digital Collections. Hamline University Library and Archives. 2025.
https://cdm17520.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/brassrubbings/id/1923/rec/33.
Harraden, Gertrude. 1893. "On Brasses and Brass Rubbing." The Girl's Own Paper 14.
Monumental Brass Society. 2020. "Anne a Wode | Portfolio of Brasses | Monumental Brass Society." Monumental Brass Society. 2020. https://www.mbs-brasses.co.uk/index-of-brasses/anne-a-wode.
https://cdm17520.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/brassrubbings/id/1923/rec/33.
Harraden, Gertrude. 1893. "On Brasses and Brass Rubbing." The Girl's Own Paper 14.
Monumental Brass Society. 2020. "Anne a Wode | Portfolio of Brasses | Monumental Brass Society." Monumental Brass Society. 2020. https://www.mbs-brasses.co.uk/index-of-brasses/anne-a-wode.
Date
1512
Format
Parchment 63.5cm x 38cm
Rubbing 43cm x 13cm
Coverage
Blickling, Norfolk, St. Andrew Church
Files
Collection
Citation
“Rubbing2025.4 - Anne Woode holding two infants,” Exhibits, accessed April 5, 2025, https://exhibits.library.utoronto.ca/items/show/29059.