brass rubbing

Brass rubbing taken from a 15th-century grave at Haccombe Church, Devon, England

Noun

  • The technique of making a paper copy of a brass-plate engraving by placing a sheet of paper over the plate and rubbing with a crayon.
  • A copy so created.

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