Three photographs of rickling, cutting and relaxing peats
- Made:
- 1985 in North Yorkshire
Three black and white silver gelatin photographs; Top left: Rickling of peats to dry in the summer winds. Top right: The peats are cut out long and can be quite wet. Marks of the down cut can be seen on the peat face. Bottom: Relaxing between leading peats whilst Mr Macdonald makes a down cut into the peat bed with a garden spade. A peat spade is seen at left in the picture. Taken by Ian MacDonald and Patrick Sutherland, 1985. From the Impressions Gallery exhibition 'Written in the Fields'.
Details
- Category:
- Photographs
- Collection:
- Impressions Gallery
- Object Number:
- 2015-5024/2200
- Materials:
- paper (fibre product), cardboard and metal (unknown)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 506 mm x 607 mm
- type:
- photograph
- credit:
- Impressions Gallery Archive at the National Science and Media Museum
