Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID # |
2016.027.009 |
Object Name |
Plate, Printing |
Title |
Printing Plate of a Woman Spinning Near a Hearth |
Date |
1940s? |
Artist |
Fleming, Roy Franklin |
Made |
R-B-W (Richardson, Bond & Wright) |
Place of Origin |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
Description |
A rectangular (portrait orientated) printing plate showing a woman seated at saddle-style spinning wheel, inside a house, near the hearth. There is a wool winder at the left, and a rocking chair in the background, a hand bellows and a long gun above the mantle. The artwork is very likely by Roy Fleming, and he is likely showing the Fleming family homestead. The zinc plate is etched/engraved. |
Makers mark |
No signature seen in the plate, but there is a key-like mark or motif near the bottom right corner. |
Provenance |
Roy Franklin Fleming of Kilsyth, Derby Township, Grey County, apparently was the creator/illustrator of this item. It might depict the pioneer Alexander Fleming homestead in Derby Township? The item was also likely made and used in Owen Sound by the R-B-W printing business of C. A. Fleming (a relative of his). The image was first published in 19__. 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-8.7 L-9.5 D-0.2 cm |
Found |
Carleton Place, Ontario |
People |
Fleming, Roy Fleming, Alexander Fleming, Christopher Alexander (C. A.) |
Subjects |
Printing Printing plates Spinning Fireplaces |
Search Terms |
Derby Township |
Function |
An illustration made for letterpress printing purposes. It was used by R-B-W, an Owen Sound printing company. |