Keywords: SirThomasAstonAtWife'sDeathbed.jpg Sir Thomas Aston 1st Baronet 1600-1646 at the deathbed of his wife http //www manchestergalleries org/the-collections/search-the-collection/image php EMUSESSID ada7ffd99f682e5173f06a6179402a68 imageirn 611 r 391169195 John Souch 1635 PD-old-100 ImageNote 1 128 129 76 78 703 671 2 Sir Thomas Aston 1st Baronet ImageNoteEnd 1 ImageNote 2 470 233 123 110 703 671 2 Magdalene daughter of Sir John Poulteney<br> died in childbirth ImageNoteEnd 2 ImageNote 3 40 380 84 81 703 671 2 Thomas his only surviving son ImageNoteEnd 3 ImageNote 4 147 373 56 295 703 671 2 Jacob's staff - symbol of immeasurability of grief and also of Holy Cross and eternal life ImageNoteEnd 4 ImageNote 5 7 252 102 103 703 671 2 celestial globe and lute - symbols of vanitas ImageNoteEnd 5 ImageNote 6 344 314 57 63 703 671 2 Skull - symbol of vanitas ImageNoteEnd 6 ImageNote 7 340 400 170 180 703 671 2 cradle of unborn dead child covered with black ImageNoteEnd 7 ImageNote 8 575 420 93 99 703 671 2 undefined woman not daughter ImageNoteEnd 8 ImageNote 9 224 6 106 104 703 671 2 Aston's coat of arms ImageNoteEnd 9 ImageNote 10 6 416 44 53 703 671 2 Elephant on the carpet Oriental Indian carpet - also symbol of luxury and vanitas ImageNoteEnd 10 1600 births 1646 deaths Deathbeds in art Deaths in childbirth Portraits with gloves Mourning portraits Nobility of England Paintings of Vanitas 17th-century portraits with coat of arms John Souch Mourning clothing Paintings in Manchester Art Gallery Deathbed portraits Jacob's staff Cradles in art 1635 Mourning men in art Widowers |