William Hincks was an Irish Artist of the 16th Century. One of his collections of work was a series of drawings representing the progress of Irish linen manufacture. These he engraved in stipple and published in London in 1782. The series consists of twelve plates, each plate measuring 13 ½ by 16 ½ inches, and represents the various processes used in the linen manufacture in the north of Ireland, from the sowing of the flax to the packing for exportation of the finished article at the Linen Hall in Dublin. The whole series was issued in an oblong folio volume. The set was republished in 1791 by R. Pollard, Spafields, London. This print was culled from the 1791 Folio. This scene is 'View near Hillsborough, representing Pulling the Flax, Stooking or putting it up to dry, Ripling and Boging or Burying it in water'.

This link below displays the range of pictures from the folio....

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