Object number
2011/12/39
Title
Lincolnshire Wagon from Leadenham,
Description
Printing block ‘The English Farm Wagon’ by John Geraint Jenkins, 1961. He worked at MERL 1953-1960. Fig. 26, page 115: photo of a Lincolnshire wagon.
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 - Figure 26 on page 115 - shows a photograph of a Lincolnshire wagon from Leadenham. The Lincolnshire wagon is a spindle-sided box wagon with large wheels and a heavily constructed body. They were commonly painted prussian blue in the east, and brick-red in the west. Lincolnshire wagons were used in Lincolnshire, Rutland and Nottinghamshire, and parts of Leicestershire, Derbyshire and Yorkshire.
Physical description
1 printing block: metal
Archival history
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)’
Production date
1961 - 1961
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