Object Number 1953.0187.002

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

To the RIGHT HON.\BLE and HON.\BLE MEMBERS of PARLIAMENT/ AND Glorious Volunteers OF IRELAND, THE PROTECTORS OF OUR Liberty & Commerce./ This View taken near Hillsborough in the County of Downe,/ Representing Pulling the Flax when grown, stooking or putting it up to Dry, Ripling or saving the Seed, and Boging or burying it in Water./ Is Dedicated with zealous wishes for the everlasting harmony & happiness of England & Ireland by their obedient hum,,\ble Serv,,\t W.\M HINCKS.

Category

Prints and Maps

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

William Hincks (Designer, engraver and publisher)
1752-1797

Place of Origin

London, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

April 18 1783 (1783-1783)

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

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, April 18.\th 1783.

Subjects

Genre scene; Landscape

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Stipple engraved, Stipple Etched, Etched, Hand colored, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

14.1 (H) , 16.4 (W) , 13.4 (Image H) , 15.8 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

35.7 (H) , 41.7 (W) , 13.4 (Image H) , 15.8 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 13.7 in. (34.8 cm). Plate W: 16.1 in. (41.0 cm).

Publisher Summary

Hincks, William

Publication Date

04/18/1783

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom

Watermark

None

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

Object Description

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