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Plate V. To the Right Hon.ble Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough, This Plate representing a Perspective View of a Scutch Mill, with the Method of Breaking the Flax
Plate V. To the Right Hon.ble Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough, This Plate representing a Perspective View of a Scutch Mill, with the Method of Breaking the Flax with groved 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 his Lordships obedient and much obliged humble Servant, W.m Hincks.
W.m Hincks delin. et sculp.
London, Publish'd as the Act directs by W.m Hincks, July 4.th 1783.
Stipple, sheet 345 x 420mm (13½ x 16½"). Trimmed to plate, nicks and tears at edges. Small holes on image.
An interior view of a 'scutch' mill where rollers and blades are used to break and beat flax in order to remove the woody fibre. From William Hincks illustrations depicting the Irish Linen Industry.
[Ref: 60381]   £380.00  
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Plate IX. To the Right Hon.ble Lord Bangor, This Plate Representing a Complete Perspective View of all the Machinery of a Bleach Mill, upon the Newest and most approved Constructions.
Plate IX. To the Right Hon.ble Lord Bangor, This Plate Representing a Complete Perspective View of all the Machinery of a Bleach Mill, upon the Newest and most approved Constructions. Consisting of the Wash Mill, Rubbing Boards moved by a Crank, and Beetling Engine for Glazing the Cloth, with a View of the Boiling House. Is most respectfully Inscribed by his Lordships obedient humble Servant. W.m Hincks.
W.m Hincks delin. et sculp.
London, Publish'd as the Act directs by W.m Hincks Aug.t 23, 1783.
Stipple, sheet 340 x 415mm (13¼ x 16¼"). Trimmed to plate on two sides, nicks at edges.
An interior view of a mill where three men and a woman are engaged in washing, rubbing, glazing and boiling fabric. From William Hincks illustrations depicting the Irish Linen Industry.
[Ref: 60378]   £380.00  
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Plate V. To the Right Hon.ble Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough, This Plate representing a Perspective View of a Scutch Mill, with the Method of Breaking the Flax
Plate V. To the Right Hon.ble Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough, This Plate representing a Perspective View of a Scutch Mill, with the Method of Breaking the Flax with groved 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 his Lordships obedient and much obliged humble Servant, W.m Hincks.
W.m Hincks delin. et sculp.
London, Publish'd as the Act directs by R. Pollard, Spafields June 20. 1791.
Coloured stipple, sheet 345 x 425mm (13½ x 16¾). Trimmed to plate.
An interior view of a 'scutch' mill where rollers and blades are used to break and beat flax in order to remove the woody fibre. From William Hincks illustrations depicting the Irish Linen Industry.
[Ref: 60388]   £360.00  
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[Premises of linen draper Isaac Newton, 14 Leicester Square.]
[Premises of linen draper Isaac Newton, 14 Leicester Square.]
[Thomas Hosmer Shepherd]
[n.d., c.1845.]
Colour wash sketch. Sheet 135 x 190mm (5¼ x 7½"). Mounted on album paper at corners.
A trade card in the British Museum Heal Collection (Heal,80.241) advertises ''Isaac Newton, Linen Draper... The well known Shop for Norwich Shawls''. On the mount of another (Heal,80.242) Heal has annotated on the mount: "In the 'Letters of Jane Austen' she speaks of shopping at 'Newton's in Leicester Square where Fanny bought some Irish Poplin' (see p.327.)''
[Ref: 60266]   £300.00  
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[Original sketch for Tallis's London Street Views.] Regent House. Allison & Edwards, silk [***?], Linen Drapers, and General Warehousemen. 240 Regent Street.
[Original sketch for Tallis's London Street Views.] Regent House. Allison & Edwards, silk [***?], Linen Drapers, and General Warehousemen. 240 Regent Street.
[Thomas Hosmer Shepherd]
[c.1838.]
Colour wash sketch. Sheet 65 x 115mm (2½ x 4½"). Mounted on album paper at corners.
This is the original sketch for the engraving published in 'Tallis's London Street Views', published in parts 1838-40.
[Ref: 60271]   £250.00   (£300.00 incl.VAT)
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