Museum Object Number1953.0187.005 |
Print (Engraving)
TO THE RIGHT HON.\BLE WILLS HILL, EARL OF HILLSBOROUGH,/ This PLATE representing a PERSPECTIVE VIEW of a SCUTCH MILL, with the Method of Breaking the FLAX/ with groved Rollers, and Scutching it with Blades fixt on a Shaft, both turn'd by the Main Wheel,/ Great Improvements in the Method of Breaking and Scutching of Flax;/ Is most respectfully Dedicated by his Lordships obedient and much obliged humble Servant, W,,\m Hincks.
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William Hincks (Designer, engraver and publisher)
1752
1797
London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe
July 4 1783 (1783-1783)
1. Inscription; Lower right, beneath image; W.\m Hincks delin. et sculp.
2. Inscription; Lower center, beneath title; London. Publish'd as the Act directs by W.\m Hincks, July 4.\th 1783.
Genre scene; Armorial device
Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)
Stipple engraved, Stipple Etched, Etched, Hand colored, Painted
14.1 (H) , 16.9 (W) , 13.4 (Image H) , 16 (Image W)
35.9 (H) , 42.9 (W) , 13.4 (Image H) , 16 (Image W)
Plate H: 13.7 in. (34.9 cm). Plate W: 16.6 in. (42.2 cm).
Hincks, William
07/04/1783
London, England, United Kingdom
None
Hand colored with watercolors
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