Field Collection (page 56)

Turning hay by hand, farmer in Longdale Valley, Lake District, c1960. Artist: CM Dixon
Turning hay by hand, farmer in Longdale Valley, Lake District, c1960. Farming is an important part of the Lake District story. Hay is an excellent food for grazing animals

Lake District Sheep Farmer, c1960. Artist: CM Dixon
Lake District Sheep Farmer, c1960. Huge numbers of sheep are reared on the hill farms and moorlands of Cumbria. The sheep population of Cumbria is around three million

Bosworth Field. Leicestershire, England, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Bosworth Field. Leicestershire, England, 20th century. The Battle of Bosworth Field (or Battle of Bosworth) was the last significant battle of the Wars of the Roses

Willy Howe, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Willy Howe, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, 20th century. A large round barrow or tumulus which has been excavated several times by Lord Londesborough in 1857 and Rev. Greenwell in 1887

Farm near St. Magnus Church, Isle of Egilsay, Orkney, Scotland, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Farm near St. Magnus Church, Isle of Egilsay, Orkney, Scotland, 20th century. The island is largely farmland on th Northern Isles archipelago

Hoeing Root Crops, England, c1960. Artist: CM Dixon
Hoeing Root Crops, England, c1960. Farming is an important part of rural history. A hoe is an ancient and versatile agricultural hand tool used to shape the soil, control weeds, clear soil

Stooking Corn Wheat in August, Yorkshire, c1960. Artist: CM Dixon
Stooking Corn Wheat in August, Yorkshire, c1960. Farming is an important part of rural history. Typically sheaves of grains such as wheat

Limestone Walls in winter, Peak District, Derbyshire, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Limestone Walls in winter, Peak District, Derbyshire, 20th century. Dry stone building is a method by which structures are constructed from stones without any mortar to bind them together

Kilnasaggart cross, 8th century
Kilnasaggart cross, an inscribed pillar. This is the oldest datable Christian monument in Ireland. One one side it bears ten crosses, each inscribed in a circle in relief

Merry Maidens stone circle
Merry Maidens bronze age stone circle, also known as Dawns Men. Traditionally these are maidens supposedly turned to stone for dancing on a sunday

Cultivating vines in Tuscany
Cultivating vines near San Gimignano in Tuscany in May

Auroch, a primitive breed of cattle re-introduced today by selective breeding

High pasture in the High Atlas Mountains
High pasture in August at Azib Tifni the High Atlas Mountains

Flock of sheep with shepherd in the snow, 1887-1888. Artist: Mauve, Anton (1838-1888)
Flock of sheep with shepherd in the snow, 1887-1888. Found in the collection of the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag

Landscape in Burgundy, near Chatillion-sur-Seine

Spring Landscape, 1862. Artist: Daubigny, Charles-Francois (1817-1878)
Spring Landscape, 1862. Found in the collection of the Staatliche Museen, Berlin

Peasants under the Trees at Dawn, c. 1843. Artist: Corot, Jean-Baptiste Camille (1796-1875)
Peasants under the Trees at Dawn, c. 1843. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

Hillside in Provence, c. 1890. Artist: Cezanne, Paul (1839-1906)
Hillside in Provence, c. 1890. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

The Avenue at the Jas de Bouffan, 1869-1870. Artist: Cezanne, Paul (1839-1906)
The Avenue at the Jas de Bouffan, 1869-1870. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

Mill on the Couleuvre at Pontoise, 1881. Artist: Cezanne, Paul (1839-1906)
Mill on the Couleuvre at Pontoise, 1881. Found in the collection of the Staatliche Museen, Berlin

Frost, 1880. Artist: Monet, Claude (1840-1926)
Frost, 1880. Found in the collection of the Musee d Orsay, Paris

Cattle-milking in fields north-west of Amsterdam
Cattle-milking in fields near Knollendam north-west of Amsterdam

Herd of horses grazing on the Hortobagy plaza. Artist: CM Dixon
Herd of horses grazing on the Hortobagy plaza in Hungary

Flock of turkeys in Hungary. Artist: CM Dixon
Flock of turkeys on the Hortobagy plains in Hungary

Cross at Paludza in the Czech Republic
Cross at Paludza near Liptovesky Mikulds in the Czech Republic

Horse ploughing in Hungary. Artist: CM Dixon
A horse ploughing in Hungary

Detail from the Book of the Dead showing the Elysian Fields
Detail from the Book of the Dead showing Ani farming in the Elysian Fields. He is reaping corn with a sickle and threshing corn with oxen

Part of the Egyptian book of the dead, showing labour in the Elysian fields
Part of the book of the dead belonging to Nespaquachouty, showing labour in the Elysian fields on the left and the Djed pillar of Osiris on the right

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 Limbourg
March, 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

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

Captain J Fiegenschuh, Abecher, 1910. French postcard

French agriculture; sowing seed broadcast, late 18th century. From an edition of 17th century French poet Jean de la Fontaines Fables

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

Tilling, Germany, 1943. A print from Signal, April 1943. Signal was a magazine published by the German Third Reich from 1940 through 1945

Agriculture, 1751-1780. Ploughing, rolling and harrowing using horses, sowing seed broadcast and with Abbe Soumilles seed drill (Fig 4). Fig 1 is a type of plough invented by Jethro Tull

Ploughing and harrowing with horses and sowing seed broadcast, 1762. In the background is a postmill for grinding corn. From La Nouvelle Maison Rustique (8th edition). (Paris, 1762)

Ploughing with oxen, sowing seed broadcast and harrowing, 18th century. In the background agricultural tools are being made from wood

The Days End, c1900

The Reaper, c1900

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