Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
William Hincks, 1752–1797

after William Hincks, 1752–1797

Published by Robert Pollard, 1755–1838, British
Title:
Plate I: View taken near Scarva in the County of Downe, representing Ploughing, Sowing the Flax Seed and Harrowing
Date:
1791
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving with etching, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 14 3/16 x 17 1/2 inches (36 x 44.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on back, lower right: "WIlliam HINCKS"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1978.43.247
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
children | men | peasants | women | farmers | gardening | smoke | farming | plowing | ploughing | food | grass | seeds | bonnets | houses | hills | genre subject | plow (agricultural equipment) | carriages | country house | home | hut | landscape | eating | fields | horses (animals) | labor | oxen | sitting | working
Associated Places:
Scarva | Northern Ireland | County Down | Europe | United Kingdom
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:41885