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Title

Perspective view of a scutch mill, with the method of breaking the flax with grooved rollers and scutching it with blades fixt on a shaft, both turned by the main wheel, great improvements in the meth

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

04/07/1783 (publication)
before 1780
before 1780
04/07/1783 (publication)

Place Made

Ireland (North)
Scarva

Description

Stipple engraving, [framed and glazed], with Dedication and Coat of Arms of the Earl of Hillsborough. Hincks print V. One of a set of 12 plates representing the various processes used in the linen manufacture in the north of Ireland.

Catalogue Number

BELUM.P410.1936

Copyright

National Museums NI