Imaginary Monument to Thomas Fitzwilliam (d.1513) and John Fitzwilliam (b.before 1498 - d.1513)

British (English) School. Oil painting on canvas, Imaginary Monument to Thomas Fitzwilliam (d.1513) and John Fitzwilliam (b.before 1498 - d.1513), British (English) School, late 18th century. Two full-length portraits of dead soldiers/knights in tabards and armour in a seated position, heads to far left and far right. On the left Thomas Fitzwilliam with a cartellino above him written in the form of a torn paper stuck to the wall, reading THOMAS. FFITZ. / WILLYAM. On the right John Fitzwilliam, with a cartellino above him in the form of a torn paper stuck to the wall, reading IHOAN, FFITZ. / WILLIAM. On the sarcophagus, across the bottom is a further inscription which reads: IN DOYNG THEIR DVETIES AGAINST THE SCOTS. Each sits facing the other, with legs extended. A sword transfixes the chest of Thomas and a lance or spear transfixes the chest of John. Trompe l'oeil background simulates a sarcophagus on which the subjects are placed against two niches in a stone wall, centrally divided. Both figures wear tabards with their respective coats-of-arms over their breastplates and have abandoned their shields and helmets. Thomas's sword is beneath the crook of his knees and his left hand is on the blade. White catalogue number '200' l.l. Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk (Accredited Museum)