To the right honorable Randal William McDonnell, ... this plate representing the common method of beetling, scutching and hackling the flax; is inscribed by ... Wm. Hincks / Wm. Hincks, delin. et sculp. – Historic Print
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A window into the past: To the right honorable Randal William McDonnell, ... this plate representing the common method of beetling, scutching and hackling the flax; is inscribed by ... Wm. Hincks / Wm. Hincks, delin. et sculp., preserved in this antique engraving. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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To the right honorable Randal William McDonnell, ... this plate representing the common method of beetling, scutching and hackling the flax; is inscribed by ... Wm. Hincks / Wm. Hincks, delin. et sculp.
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Dedicated to Randal William McDonnell, this hand-colored engraving is Plate IV in a series, and it shows the common methods of beetling, scutching and hackling flax. William Hincks drew and engraved it, and R. Pollard published it in London in June 1791, although the design first appeared around 1782. Flax was the raw material of Ireland's linen trade in the late eighteenth century, and the plate depicts the laborious steps that turned raw stalks into fiber fit for spinning. Its coat-of-arms and motto signal the patronage of a landowner, a common feature of prints aimed at the gentry.
| Created / published | London : Publish'd as the Act directs by R. Pollard, Spafields, 1791 June 20. |
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| Medium | 1 print : engraving, hand-colored ; 38.3 x 44.5 cm. (sheet) |
| Genre | Engravings Hand-colored 1790-1800. |
| Notes | Title from item. Plate IV. Incorporated into the title is a coat-of-arms Tout Jours Pret" with "Tria Juncta In Uno" around shield. First published 1782." |
| Subjects | Flax--Ireland--1780-1790. Linen industry--Ireland--1780-1790. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,469 × 1,168 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218359 |
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