Wood Engraving, Blacksmith Making Horse Shoes, circa 1884

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Artifact Overview

Artifact Details

Artifact

Print (Visual work)

Subject Date

circa 1884

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

82.129.715

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Cardboard

Technique

Wood engraving (Process)

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 5.25 in
Width: 6.25 in

Inscriptions

Written in ink on mat board: (This and three / accompanying prints / illustrate the / changing methods / by which horse-shoes / have been made.) The method of making horse-shoes by a smith at his anvil. / This manner of making the horse equipment in question is in / some respects more satisfactory than the process of doing like / work by machine, and / for that reason it still survives, and without doubt will continue to do so.
Wood Engraving, Blacksmith Making Horse Shoes, circa 1884