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From the original information card…
“Brass rubbing has been a popular pastime since the age of Queen Victoria. The enormous interest of the past few years has enabled many Churches to receive royalties by allowing castings to be made of their brasses, thus enabling us to offer you this unique collection.”
About this plate, “Daughters of William & Martha Penn”…
“This delightful brass shows two sisters dressed in the costume of the time of Charles I. The portraits of Van Dyck have made familiar the broad falling collar edged with fine lace, the short vandycked bodice, and full sleeves. This brass forms part of a family memorial which includes their brother (also included in this series) and their parents, William and Martha Penn. This family were cousins to the family of admiral Sir William Penn (1621-70) and his famous son William. It is this latter William Penn who became a Quaker and founded the province of Pennsylvania (Penn’s Forestland’) which Charles II granted to him in 1681 in payment of a debt owed by the crown to Admiral Penn.” Catalogue No. 414.