To the right hon'able the Earl of Moira, this plate, taken on the spot in the County of Downe, representing spinning, reeling with the clock reel, and boiling the yarn; is most respectfully dedicated by ... William Hincks / William Hincks, del. et sculp.

Print shows an interior view of a dwelling where four women are engaged in spinning, reeling, and boiling yarn.

Plate VI.

Incorporated into the title is a coat-of-arms "Nisi Dominus Frustra."

First published 1782.

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