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![To the right hon'able Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough, this plate representing a perspective view of a scutch mill, with the method of breaking the flax with groved [sic] rollers, and scutching it with blades fixt on a shaft, both turn'd by the main wheel; great improvements in the method of breaking and scutching of flax; is most respectfully dedicated by ... William Hincks / William Hincks, delin. et sculp.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjIvdG8tdGhlLXJpZ2h0LWhvbmFibGUtd2lsbHMtaGlsbC1lYXJsLW9mLWhpbGxzYm9yb3VnaC10aGlzLXBsYXRlLXJlcHJlc2VudGluZy04M2ZkMzItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/33/webp "To the right hon'able Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough, this plate representing a perspective view of a scutch mill, with the method of breaking the flax with groved [sic] rollers, and scutching it with blades fixt on a shaft, both turn'd by the main wheel; great improvements in the method of breaking and scutching of flax; is most respectfully dedicated by ... William Hincks / William Hincks, delin. et sculp.")
To the right hon'ble ... trustees of the linen manufacture ... this view taken in the County of South representing taking the flax out of the bog when it has lain a sufficient time to separate the rind (which is the flax) from the stem, & strengthen it, spreading it to dry, stoving, beetling, and breaking it ... dedicated by ... William Hincks / William Hincks, delin. et sculp.
Summary
Plate III.
Incorporated into the title is a cartouche with text "Premia Artium" showing a woman (Abundance) holding a cornucopia and dispensing coins to a cherub.
First published 1782.
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Date
01/01/1791
Contributors
Hincks, William, artist
Location
Ballybay (Ireland), 53.46667, -8.00000
Source
Library of Congress
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