Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID # |
2016.027.008 |
Object Name |
Plate, Printing |
Title |
Zinc Printing Plate of a Log Sled and Loggers |
Date |
circa 1938? |
Artist |
Fleming, Roy Franklin |
Made |
R-B-W (Richardson, Bond & Wright)? |
Place of Origin |
United States of America/Owen Sound, Grey County? |
Description |
A rectangular (landscape orientated) letterpress etched/engraved illustration printing plate, that shows a two-horse log sled with men and logs. A long slightly curved wooden piece is draped over the load of logs, likely as a means to see if the load is loaded evenly? Artwork attributed to by Roy Fleming (logging in the winter was a prevalent feature of Derby Township when Fleming was young). Back side has faint "REG. U.S. PAT. OFFICE 17 38" mark (zinc metal piece perhaps dates from 1938?) |
Makers mark |
Printed on back: "ZOM ZINC / REG U.S. PAT. OFFICE 17 38" (some of it is in outline-style lettering / numerals) |
Provenance |
Roy Franklin Fleming of Kilsyth, Derby Township, Grey County, apparently was the creator/illustrator of this item. His signature is not seen on it. The item was possibly used in Owen Sound by the R-B-W printing business of C. A. Fleming (a relative of his). It has a U.S. patent mark, but perhaps R-B-W sourced blank plates from the States at that time? The image was first published in 19__. It likely dates to the late 1930s or the 1940s? It was last owned by Ruth H. Lamour (neé Fleming) of Carleton Place, Ontario. |
Collection |
Printing & Bindery Equipment, 20th-c Collection |
Material |
Metal/Zinc |
Dimensions |
W-15.6 L-7.2 D-0.2 cm |
Found |
Carleton Place, Ontario |
People |
Fleming, Roy |
Subjects |
Printing plates Printing Artists Loggers Horse teams Sleds & sleighs Winter |
Search Terms |
Richardson, Bond & Wright (see RBW) Kilsyth |
Function |
A re-usable illustration plate (printing plate) used by a letterpress print shop. |