Context (Found together / assemblage)
Other portions of the reverse bronze (of the lady's head) still in the church in Aldenham. 19th century rubbing in (bib) Soc.Ant., London (M.S. VI) M.B.S. Trans VI, 209: pieces sold to museum by a Cambridge dealer.
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Author: maa

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Description (Physical description)
Palimpsest monumental brass to a lady and her four sons and eight daughters. c.1530 East Anglian school. Reverse side (rubbing including) is parts of head of lady with a nebule head-dress c.1380, from Aldenham, Herts (other portions still in the church).
Event Date
Author: maa

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Description (Physical description)
Monumental brass. Palimpsest monumental brass depicting a Lady and her four sons and eight daughters.
Event Date
Author: maa

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Context (Other owners)
Lack, Stuchfield, and Whittemore (1995: 44): 'Purchased c.1910 from a dealer.'
Event Date 1910
Author: Esther Laver

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Context (References)
Stephenson, Mill. (1912). Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London. vol 24. pp. 206-229. p. 206, 220-222. Fig 6.
Event Date 1912
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Description (Physical description)
Stephenson (1912: 220-1): '...a small figure of a lady, c. 1530, together with a group of four sons and eight daughters on a single plate (fig. 6). The brass is a typical example of the work of the East Anglian school of engravers, but nothing is known of its history beyond the fact that it is believed to have been purchased in Cambridge. To make the lady and ten of her children, and early brass of another lady, c. 1380 has been cut up. This lady, whose head rests on a cushion, wears the nebulé head-dress and wimple. A portion of the cushion, which is diapered with large quatrefoils and has sprigs of foliage in the corners, together with two plaits of the hair make up the figure of the later lady. Ten of the children give the lower part of the face, which is surrounded by the wimple and more of the plaits of hair. As this plate was not large enough to accommodate the whole family a piece was soldered on to take the last two daughters; on this piece there is a single line.'
Event Date 1912
Author: Esther Laver

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Context (References)
Page-Philips, John. (1980). Palimpsests The Backs of Monumental Brasses. vol 1 (Text). p. 39.
Event Date 1980
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Context (References)
Page-Philips, John. (1980). Palimpsests The Backs of Monumental Brasses. vol 2 (Plates). p. 15.
Event Date 1980
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Context (References)
Lack, W., Stuchfield, H.M. and Whittemore, P. (1995). Monumental Brasses of Cambridgeshire. Monumental Brass Society. pp. 39 - 45, X.
Event Date 1995
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Description (Physical description)
Lack, Stuchfield, and Whittemore (1995: 44): 'Lady and a group of 4 sons and 8 daus., c.1525; palimp., on rev. parts of the head of a lady in nebule head-dress c.1380.'
Event Date 1995
Author: Esther Laver

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Description (Physical description)
There are 2 main brasses, the full larger figure of the mother and the children, smaller and in a line. The brass of the children is broken into three pieces. The whole is made from parts of an earlier brass which has been cut up to make the later. Of the earlier figure on the reverse, the lower part of the face and some of the border, including the whole of the upper border and edge, are present.
Event Date 26/6/2001
Author: Esther Laver

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Conservation (Remedial)
CON.2015.2039 | Remedial
Event Date 7/10/2015
Author: kw402

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Context (References)
Joy, J. (May/June 2016). 'Hide and Seek: What Happened to Ancient Children?' British Archaeology, no. 148. pp. 42-47 (pictured)
Event Date 2016
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (Display)
On display in 'Hide and Seek: Looking for Children in the Past', Li Ka Shing Gallery, MAA from 30 January 2016 to 29 January 2017.
Event Date 18/2/2016
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Description (Physical description)
Monumental brass comprised of a lady (A) and her children (B), on two separate plaques. Both are palimpsests; the reverse depicts parts of the head of a lady wearing a nebulé head-dress and wimple. The lady (A) is depicted with her own head-dress, facing left with her hands clasped in front of her. The children (B) are depicted in a group of four sons, with one much shorter than the others, followed by eight daughters; all the children are also facing the left, with their hands clasped in front of them. The final two daughters are on a separate piece of metal, soldered onto the main piece. There is also a later split vertically down the centre, which has been joined back together.
Event Date 21/11/2023
Author: Esther Laver