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.
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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.