Object number
2011/12/42
Title
Hertfordshire Wagon from Harpenden,
Description
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 29 on page 126 - shows a photograph of a Hertfordshire wagon from Harpenden. The Hertfordshire wagon is a small, spindle-sided box wagon with narrow wheels and a short, deep body. They were commonly painted dark brown with buff wheels and undercarriage, and yellow or buff decorations. Hertfordshire wagons were used in Hertfordshire, south Bedfordshire and East Buckinghamshire.
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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