Charles H Chaplin
CHARLES CHAPLIN, 1907 - 1987
ARTIST, ENGRAVER, PRINTMAKER
On the farm
Chaplin helped to collect, restore, renovate and conserve
antique machinery and tools. He would dissemble and
reassemble machinery and metal tools having cleaned
and polished all the parts; he would repair and revarnish
wooden articles; and having consulted old catalogues,
photgraphs and other available evidence - repaint the
items in their original colours and designs.  
His preoccupation with old agricultural objects was to
dominate the remainder of his life and artistic output.  
His prints of this time, a small selection of which is shown
here, constitute a remarkable record of antique country
items, where every detail is faithfully and accurately
portrayed.