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Designs of side supports,

Printing block used ‘The English Farm Wagon’ by John Geraint Jenkins, 1961. Fig. 24, page 97, showing variations of side supports for wagons.
This is one of 64 printing blocks used to print the illustrations in ‘The English Farm Wagon: Origins and Structure’ by John Geraint Jenkins, as published in 1961. Jenkins was the Assistant Keeper at MERL 1953-1960, and these blocks were found in the Museum in 2010. This block - the second part of Figure 24 on page 97 - shows a labelled drawing of regional variations in the design of side supports for wagons, which may be made of wood or iron.

1 printing block: metal

Figure 24 Designs of side supports – 11. Denbighshire Wagon; 12. Sussex and Kent Wagons; 13. Surrey Wagon; 14. Dorset Wagon; 15. Yorkshire Wagon; 16. South Midlands Spindle-sided Wagon; 17. Wiltshire and Berkshire Wagons; 18. Vale of Berkeley Wagon; 19. Glamorgan Wagon; 20. Somerset and Devon Wagons., MERL ‘Object Accession Form’ – ‘Short description (free text): 64 individual printing blocks of various sizes made to print the illustrations and figures in the book 'The English farm wagon: origins and structure' by J. Geraint Jenkins, as published in 1961. // … // Physical description (free text): 64 printing blocks of varying size and shape. // … // Associated information (free text): This set of 64 individual printing blocks was made in the late 1950s or early 1960s in preparation to print the illustrations and figures in the book 'The English farm wagon: origins and structure' by J. Geraint Jenkins, as published in 1961. At this time J. Geraint Jenkins was employed at the Museum of English Rural Life, having been appointed Assistant Keeper in 1953. He went on to have a distinguished career in the museums sector. // References: J. Geraint Jenkins, 'The English farm wagon: origins and structure' (Published by Oakwood Press for University of Reading, 1961) // Meic Stephens, 'Obituary: Geraint Jenkins: Maritime historian and authority on rural crafts', The Independent: Online (article published Friday 25 September 2009 - http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/j-geraint-jenkins-maritime-historian-and-authority-on-rural-crafts-1792723.html)’

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