Object Number 1953.0187.003

Object Name

Print (Engraving)

Title

To the RIGHT HON.\BLE and HON.\BLE the TRUSTEES of the LINEN MANUFACTURE,/ And DUBLIN SOCIETY, the ENCOURAGERS of the ARTS and MANUFACTURES of IRELAND;/ THIS View TAKEN IN THE COUNTY OF SOUTH/ Representing taking the Flax out of the Bag when it has laid a sufficient time to separate the Rind, which is the Flax from the Stem, & strengthen it,/ spreading it to dry, stoving, beetling, and breaking it:/ IS to them with all due Respect DEDICATED by their obedient humble Servant, 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

June 4 1783 (1783-1783)

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Lower right, beneath image; Wm\m Hincks delin. et sculp.
2. Inscription; Lower center, beneath title; London. Publish'd as the Act directs, by W.\m Hincks June 4.\th 1783

Subjects

Genre scene; Landscape

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

Techniques

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

Dimensions (inches)

14 (H) , 16.5 (W) , 13.3 (Image H) , 15.8 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

35.5 (H) , 42 (W) , 13.3 (Image H) , 15.8 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

Plate H: 13.4 in. (34.1 cm). Plate W: 16.2 in. (41.2 cm).

Publisher Summary

Hincks, William

Publication Date

06/04/1783

Place of Publication

London, England, United Kingdom

Watermark

None

Coloring

Hand colored with watercolors

Object Description

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