Farm Labourer Collection (page 53)

Sunday Morning, c1880. An agricultural labourer and his family returning home from church

Lowkers - women who weeded corn, 1814. Artist: George Walker of Seacroft
Lowkers - women who weeded corn, 1814. From The Costume of Yorkshire by George Walker. (Leeds, 1814)

Crop rotation: reaping with a Hainault Scythe, 1855. Crop rotation is the practice of growing different crops alternately on the same patch of ground over a cycle of several years in order to protect

Crop rotation: harvesting corn, 1855. Reaping with a scythe, binding and stooking. Crop rotation is the practice of growing different crops alternately on the same patch of ground over a cycle of

Crop rotation: sheep on a break of turnips, 1855. Crop rotation is the practice of growing different crops alternately on the same patch of ground over a cycle of several years in order to protect

Crop rotation: women thinning turnips, 1855. Crop rotation is the practice of growing different crops alternately on the same patch of ground over a cycle of several years in order to protect

Crop rotation: sowing seed broadcast, 1855. Crop rotation is the practice of growing different crops alternately on the same patch of ground over a cycle of several years in order to protect

Crop rotation: haymaking, 1855. Crop rotation is the practice of growing different crops alternately on the same patch of ground over a cycle of several years in order to protect the health

Crop rotation: sowing and harrowing corn, 1855. Crop rotation is the practice of growing different crops alternately on the same patch of ground over a cycle of several years in order to protect

Crop rotation: threshing rye grass for seed, 1855. Crop rotation is the practice of growing different crops alternately on the same patch of ground over a cycle of several years in order to protect

Harvest Time, c1855. A harvest scene depicting a romanticised view of 18th century English rural life

Reaping with sickles and binding the sheaves, England, c1800

Harvest time, 1762. Men and women reaping with sickles, corn being tied up in sheaves and stood in stooks to dry. From La Nouvelle Maison Rustique, 8th edition. (Paris, 1762)

Corn Husking; Negro labourers husking maize, southern USA, c1850
Corn Husking ; Negro labourers husking maize, southern USA, c1850

Workers cultivating rice in a paddy field, 19th century

Farmyard scene, (c1840-c1900?). Artist: John Frederick Herring II
Farmyard scene, (c1840-c1900?). A stable by an oak wood, with horses, chickens and sheep by a pond. The animals are waiting to be given feed by a farm worker emerging from the stable doorway

Greek sculpture known as the Moscophorus, 6th century BC
The Moscophorus ( calf-bearer ). He is carrying an offering to Athena. from the Acropolis Museums collection in Athens, 6th century BC

Husking, 1861. Artist: Currier and Ives
Husking, 1861. Farm workers in a barn removing the husks from corn

Maize, c1900. Trade card for Liebig meat extract, one of a series relating to useful exotic plants

Education, 1872. The Squire is told why his farmworkers child has been withdrawn from school. Whilst much had been done to promote the value of educating children

The Pig and The Peasant, 1863. Artist: John Tenniel
The Pig and The Peasant, 1863. Peasant says: Ah! I d Like To Be Cared Vor Half As Well As Thee As Thee Be! Here, Mr Punch highlights the problem by neatly contrasting the fat

Doth Not a Meeting Like This Make Amends?, 1861. In August 1861, the Queen and Prince Albert, together with the Prince of Wales

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