Engraved plate titled Harrows with numbered farm implement illustrations – Vintage Print
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Description
This rare historic image captures Engraved plate titled Harrows with numbered farm implement illustrations in remarkable detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Engraved plate titled Harrows with numbered farm implement illustrations
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Harrows, as this engraved plate's title suggests, is a study of farm implements rather than a scene of the farm itself: each numbered figure isolates a single tool so its frame, tines, and linkage can be compared at a glance. Plates like this were a standard way for agricultural writers and manufacturers of the 1800s to explain equipment to readers who could not inspect it in person. The numbering ties each drawing to a key, letting a reader follow the description from one tool to the next. Notice how the engraver's fine parallel lines give shadow and weight to iron parts that would otherwise look flat on paper.
| Original scan | 3,992 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 8e04616u Page from The Growth of |
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