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Monumental Brasses

Unknown artist, c. 1530

Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery, Shrewsbury

Full-length figures of a man and wife, the man with fur-lined robe and pouch, the wife with late form of kennel headdress, both standing on a tesselated pavement. Said to be from the Church of Old St Chad's, Shrewsbury (now disused).

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Title of artwork, date

Monumental Brasses, c. 1530

Date supported

1952

Medium and material

Brass

Dimensions

Height: 71.1 cm

Total cost

130

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