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A Landskip and Cattle, 1774. Artist: James RobertsA Landskip and Cattle, 1774. Cows, sheep and goats in a landskip or landscape
Reapers, 19th or early 20th century. Artist: Leon-Augustin LhermitteReapers, 19th or early 20th century. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow
November (from the series The Seasons ), late 16th or early 17th century. Artist: Leandro BassanoNovember (from the series The Seasons ), late 16th or early 17th century. Found in the collection of the State Art Museum, Tula, Russia
September (from the series The Seasons ), late 16th or early 17th century. Artist: Leandro BassanoSeptember (from the series The Seasons ), late 16th or early 17th century. Found in the collection of the State Art Museum, Tula, Russia
October (from the series The Seasons ), late 16th or early 17th century. Artist: Leandro BassanoOctober (from the series The Seasons ), late 16th or early 17th century. Found in the collection of the State Art Museum, Tula, Russia
August (from the series The Seasons ), late 16th or early 17th century. Artist: Leandro BassanoAugust (from the series The Seasons ), late 16th or early 17th century. Found in the collection of the State Art Museum, Tula, Russia
July (from the series The Seasons ), late 16th or early 17th century. Artist: Leandro BassanoJuly (from the series The Seasons ), late 16th or early 17th century. Found in the collection of the State Art Museum, Tula, Russia
June (from the series The Seasons ), late 16th or early 17th century. Artist: Leandro BassanoJune (from the series The Seasons ), late 16th or early 17th century. Found in the collection of the State Art Museum, Tula, Russia
May (from the series The Seasons ), late 16th or early 17th century. Artist: Leandro BassanoMay (from the series The Seasons ), late 16th or early 17th century. Found in the collection of the State Art Museum, Tula, Russia
April (from the series The Seasons ), late 16th or early 17th century. Artist: Leandro BassanoApril (from the series The Seasons ), late 16th or early 17th century. Found in the collection of the State Art Museum, Tula, Russia
The Arrival of the Harvesters in the Pontine Marshes, 1833. Artist: Louis Leopold RobertThe Arrival of the Harvesters in the Pontine Marshes, 1833. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow
Communist collectivization of agriculture, USSR, early 1930s. The collectivization of agriculture was a policy of taking the ownership of farms
Sheep shearing, Russia, c1875-c1877. Artist: Ivan BoldyrevSheep shearing, Russia, c1875-c1877. Found in the collection of the Institute for the History of Material Culture, St Petersburg
From the series Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets: Sarumaru Dayu, c1830. Artist: HokusaiFrom the series Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets: Sarumaru Dayu, c1830. Hokusai, Katsushika (1760-1849). Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg
The Harvest, 19th century. Artist: Adolphe MonticelliThe Harvest, 19th century. Monticelli, Adolphe-Thomas-Joseph (1824-1886). Found in the collection of the State M. Ciurlionis Art Museum, Kaunas
The Red Vineyards at Arles, 1888. Artist: Vincent van GoghThe Red Vineyards at Arles, 1888. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow
A Kolkhoz brigade taking a break, USSR, 1931A kolkhoz brigade taking a break, USSR, 1931. A kolkhoz was a form of collective farm introduced under the policy of collectivization of agriculture in the Soviet Union in the 1920s and 1930s
Ploughing up Turnips, near Slough, (`Windsor ), c1809. Artist: JMW TurnerPloughing up Turnips, near Slough, (`Windsor ), c1809. From the Tate collection, London
Japanese tea production, 1874. Preparations before sowing the tea seed; manuring the plant; planting out in the third year; picking the leaves; sifting the leaf; separating the leaves after firing;
The Mayor of Rennes, France, 1891. Artist: F MeaulleThe Mayor of Rennes, France, 1891. An incident during the French revolution, 1789. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 7th February 1891
Sugar Plantation, New Orleans, 1870. Artist: A R WardSugar Plantation, New Orleans, 1870. Crushing the sap out of sugar cane. Illustration from Adventures of America, 1857-1900, by John A Kouwenhoven, published by Harper & Brothers, (New York, London)
Oxen Hauling Corn, 19th century. Artist: Edwin ForbesOxen Hauling Corn, 19th century. Illustration from Adventures of America, 1857-1900, by John A Kouwenhoven, published by Harper & Brothers, (New York, London, 1938)
Inspecting the Fields, 1350 BC. Fragment of wall painting from the tomb of Nebamun, British Museum
Fragment of Ancient Egyptian painted plaster depicting the account of the harvest, c1400 BCFragment of Ancient Egyptian painted plaster depicting an account of the harvest, c1400 BC. From the collection of the British Museum, London
The Harvesters, 1565. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the ElderThe Harvesters, 1565. From a private collection
Landscape with the Fall of Icarus, c1555. Artist: Pieter Bruegel the ElderLandscape with the Fall of Icarus, c1555. From the collection of the Musees Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
The Red Field, Pont Aven, c1887. Artist: Emile BernardThe Red Field, Pont Aven, c1887
The Church of Santa Maria degli Angely Near Assisi, 1909. Artist: Henri Edmond CrossThe Church of Santa Maria degli Angely Near Assisi, 1909. As a result of a journey to Italy, Cross produced a number of such scenes of Perugia and Assisi
Help, 1921. Artist: Dmitriy Stakhievich MoorHelp, 1921
The Environs of London from Greenwich, c1620-1630. From the Museum of London
Farm labourers, (1875-1929?). Artist: Henry Herbert la ThangueFarm labourers, (1875-1929?)
The Autumn, 1738. Artist: Nicolas LancretThe Autumn, 1738. From the collection of the Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Firing a cannon into clouds to prevent a hail storm, 1901. It was claimed that rain fell instead of the anticipated hail which would have damaged the grape vines in the wine producing area of
Chinese agriculture, 1825-1835. Top: pounding rice in a foot-operated pestle and mortar. Middle: Chinese seed drill. Bottom: Chinese plough. From Costume Antico et Moderno. (Rome, 1825-1835)
Reaper / haymaker sharpening his scythe with a whetstone, 19th centuryReaper/haymaker sharpening his scythe with a whetstone, 19th century. Metal edged tools such as this needed constant sharpening. The whetstone was also known as a side stone
The Fight for the Harvest : sorting of seeds in a Mordva collective farm, 1933. Russian postcard after a painting by Jeroushew
Agricultural workers and their families at the Great Exhibition of 1851. Visitors to the exhibition, held in the Crystal Palace, Hyde Park, London
Rape threshing, 1st November 1813. Artist: Robert HavellRape threshing, 1st November 1813. A crowd is flailing and gathering rape; men carry a huge bundle of it. On the left in the foreground two women help with the harvesting by passing the grain through
Agricultural Labourers Union meeting in Farringdon Street, London, 1877. Founded by Joseph Arch and inaugurated at Leaming in 1872, the National Union of Farm Labourers grew quickly, attracting 86
Bells reaping machine, 1851. Artist: GH SwanstonBells reaping machine, 1851. Scottish clergyman and inventor Patrick Bells (1799-1869) reaping machine of 1826 was the first successful reaping machine, but was not commercialised
Reaping and socking-up corn to dry, Lake Drie, Canada, 1880. A print from The Graphic, 29th May 1880
Model T Ford with Stephenson agricultural conversion, Sussex, 1917. D Gordon, Chodds Farmhouse, Handcross, West Sussex
March, 1412-1416. Artist: Paul LimbourgMarch, 1412-1416. A farmer uses an ox-drawn wheeled plough on his field in the foreground, while in the distance, people are tending vines, keeping sheep and preparing to sow corn
The Manner of Feeding Silkworms, 1753. Artist: Benjamin ColeThe Manner of Feeding Silkworms, 1753. A silkworm farm, showing the interior of the rearing house or Magnangerie and the collection of mulberry leaves on which the caterpillars (worms) were fed
Gang system of child labour, c1885. Teams of children were formed by a contractor or ganger and hired out to farmers as agricultural labour for tasks such as sowing and hoeing
Reaper beginning to cut crop of wheat with a sickle, 1867. From an English childrens book
Picking cotton, USA, postcard, c1900
Evening, c1880. An agricultural labourer returning from work to his family and his evening meal eagerly greeted by four children. The cottage door opens directly into the living room