Line Swinglers

Made:: 1814 in Leeds

publisher:: Robinson and Son

engraver:: Robert and Daniel Havell

artist:: George Walker

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Print: [Line Swinglers] / Geo. Walker Del.; Engraved by R. & D. Havell. - Publish'd by Robinson & Son, Leeds, Jany 1,
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Print. [Line Swinglers] / Geo. Walker Del.; Engraved by R. & D. Havell. - Publish'd by Robinson & Son, Leeds, Jany 1, 1814. Aquatint, handcol.; image 19.9x29.8cm on sheet 25x36cm. [Plate XXIV] from The Costume of Yorkshire / George Walker. Textile workers. One man breaks a line using a 'swape'; on the right, another 'swingles' it by chopping with a wooden hatchet across an upright plank.

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Category:: Art

Object Number:: 1992-172

Materials:: aquatint, paper

type:: print

taxonomy:

visual and verbal communication

credit:: Grosvenor Prints

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