Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID # |
2016.027.006 |
Object Name |
Plate, Printing |
Title |
Zinc Printing Plate of Three Men Chopping a Tree |
Date |
1940s? |
Year Range from |
1940 |
Year Range to |
1950 |
Artist |
Fleming, Roy Franklin |
Made |
R-B-W (Richardson, Bond & Wright) |
Place of Origin |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
Description |
A rectangular (portrait orientated) letterpress printing plate showing an illustration of three men chopping a tree in a bush area. This artwork is likely by Roy Fleming (no signature seen). The plate looks like it is made out of engraved/etched zinc. |
Provenance |
Roy Franklin Fleming of Kilsyth, Derby Township, Grey County, apparently was the creator/illustrator of this item. The item was 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-10.5 L-11.3 D-0.2 cm |
Found |
Carleton Place, Ontario |
People |
Fleming, Roy |
Subjects |
Printing plates Printing Letterpress works Loggers |
Function |
A re-usable illustration printing plate, used by a letterpress printer. The artwork was by a Grey County artist. |