[Milking a cow]
Ink wash drawing of a man [?] milking a cow into a wooden pail. He is seated out of doors on a stool. The animal, with conspicuous horns, has its forelegs tied together. It is coloured with a red pigment. To the right is a tall wooden pail or churn.
Image Details
| Genre | Genre painting |
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| Technique | Wash drawings |
| Subject(s) | Agriculture, Manners and customs, Rural life |
| Keyword(s) | Farming, Livestock, Men, Peasants, People |
| Colour | Handcoloured |
| Dimensions | 8 cm x 6.2 cm |
| Published / created | 1681 |
Bibliographical Details
| Travel Account | Observations in a Voyage through the Kingdom of Ireland |
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| Contributor(s) |
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| Print or manuscript | Manuscript |
| Location of image in copy | p. 269 |
| Source copy | National Library of Ireland MS 392 |
| Permalink | https://ttce.universityofgalway.ie/irelandillustrated/view/image/ii_image_1375371508 |
| Rights | Courtesy of the National Library of Ireland |
Related text from travel account
| In Milking of Kine when milk doth not come down freely, they are observ’d in the North of Ireland and & else where, either to thrust in a stiff rope or straw of above a foot & half into the Cows bearing place, or else with their mouthes to blow in as much wind as they can, with which doing they many times come off with a shitten nose. [p. 266] |