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Lot 95 William Hinks-SET OF TWELVE PRINTS ILLUSTRATING THE IRISH LINEN INDUSTRY, 1791
William Hinks-SET OF TWELVE PRINTS ILLUSTRATING THE IRISH LINEN INDUSTRY, 1791
hand-coloured and stipple engraving; (contained in leather and cloth bound album)each with artist's name in the plate lower right; with plate number lower left; with title and publisher's details lower centre
11.5 by 15.75in., 29.21 by 40.005cm.
Orientation of Image: L
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Notes: Sheet size:14.25 by 20.5ins., dimensions of presentation album 18 by 24ins.
Born in Waterford, Hincks was self taught as an artist, and exhibited at the Society of Artists, Dublin, in the 1780s, as well as at the RA, London. The present series depicts the progress of the Linen Industry in Northern Ireland in all its different stages from sowing the seed to the arrival of the webs at the Linen Hall.
hand-coloured and stipple engraving; (contained in leather and cloth bound album)each with artist's name in the plate lower right; with plate number lower left; with title and publisher's details lower centre
11.5 by 15.75in., 29.21 by 40.005cm.
Orientation of Image: L
Provenance:
Exhibited:
Literature:
Notes: Sheet size:14.25 by 20.5ins., dimensions of presentation album 18 by 24ins.
Born in Waterford, Hincks was self taught as an artist, and exhibited at the Society of Artists, Dublin, in the 1780s, as well as at the RA, London. The present series depicts the progress of the Linen Industry in Northern Ireland in all its different stages from sowing the seed to the arrival of the webs at the Linen Hall.
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