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Title

View taken near Hillsborough in the county of Downe (Down), 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.

Object Name

PRINT; Stipple engraving

Maker

Hincks, William; Hincks, William; Hincks, William (Primary maker)
Hincks, William (artist)
Hincks, William (engraver)
Hincks, William (publisher)

Date Made

18/04/1783 (publication)
before 1780
before 1780
18/04/1783 (publication)

Place Made

Ireland (North)
Scarva

Description

Stipple engraving, [framed and glazed], with vignette representing Liberty, with motto Libertas. Hincks print II. One of a set of 12 plates representing the various processes used in the linen manufacture in the north of Ireland. Published in London June 20 1971.

Catalogue Number

BELUM.P407.1936

Copyright

National Museums NI