Plate III: View taken in the County of South Representing taking the Flax out of the Bog when it has lain a sufficient time to seperate the Rind, which is the Flax from the Stem, & strengthen it, spreading it to dry, stoving, beetling, and breaking it.

William Hincks, 1752–1797, Plate III: View taken in the County of South Representing taking the Flax out of the Bog when it has lain a sufficient time to seperate the Rind, which is the Flax from the Stem, & strengthen it, spreading it to dry, stoving, beetling, and breaking it, 1791

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Creator:: William Hincks, 1752–1797
after William Hincks, 1752–1797
Title:: Plate III: View taken in the County of South Representing taking the Flax out of the Bog when it has lain a sufficient time to seperate the Rind, which is the Flax from the Stem, & strengthen it, spreading it to dry, stoving, beetling, and breaking it.
Date:: 1791
Medium:: Stipple engraving
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:: To the Right Honble and Honble the Trustees of the Linen Manufacture, and Dublin Society, the Encouragers of the Arts and Manufactures of Ireland...Is to them with all due Respect dedicated by their obedient humble Servant, Wm. Hincks.
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Accession Number:: B1978.43.249
Classification:: Prints
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
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Link:: https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:51990
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