ca. 1860 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Hare & Co. were draughtsmen and engravers who specialised in agricultural and other machinery, supplying illustrations for the trade catalogues, advertisements and other promotional material for some of the leading machinery manufacturers of the day such as Ransome's in Suffolk.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Wood engraving on boxwood |
| Brief description | Wood-engraved block of an agricultural machine, by Hare & Co., British, ca. 1860 |
| Physical description | Wood-engraved block of an agricultural machine for cutting. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | HARE |
| Gallery label | HARE & CO (1842 - c.1935)
Wood engraved block of an agricultural machine. c.1860
Boxwood
E.732-1994 |
| Object history | Acquired in connection with the display A Fine Line - Commercial Wood Engraving in Britain, V&A, 10 October 1994 - 26 March 1994. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | Hare & Co. were draughtsmen and engravers who specialised in agricultural and other machinery, supplying illustrations for the trade catalogues, advertisements and other promotional material for some of the leading machinery manufacturers of the day such as Ransome's in Suffolk. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.732:1-1994 |
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| Record created | November 25, 2008 |
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