Field Collection (page 57)

The Church at Greville, c1871-1874. Artist: Jean Francois Millet
The Church at Greville, c1871-1874

The Well Guarded Cow, 1890. Artist: Edouard Bernard Debat-Ponsan
The Well Guarded Cow, 1890. French Academic Style

Farmer sowing seed broadcast, 1881. Artist: Randolph Caldecott
Farmer sowing seed broadcast, 1881. The horses in the background are pulling a harrow to draw earth over the seed

The Gleaners, 1857. Artist: Jean Francois Millet
The Gleaners, 1857. Three women collect ears of grain that have been left after the harvest has been gathered and stored in ricks (background)

Ruth Gleaning in the Field of Boaz, c1804. Ruth, Moabite widow, gleaning amongst the corn, attracts the attention of Boaz who marries her. Thus she becomes the great-grandmother of King David

Cape Cod women picking and sorting Cranberries, 1875
Cape Cod women picking and sorting Cranberries, one of the most important products of the area. From Harpers Monthly, New York, 1875

Reconstruction of Roman reaping cart, as described by Pliny, Engraving, 1860
Reconstruction of Roman reaping cart, as described by Pliny. Engraving, 1860. Aristotle believed that motion was a continuous pushing action

Ploughing from an Egyptian Stele, 18th Dynasty, 1332BC-1323 BC. Horemheb ploughing land in the Fields of Aaru in order to gain eternal life. Relief from the Tomb of Horemheb

Landscape near Arezzo in central Italy in April

General Kuroki, Japanese Commander, Russo-Japanese War 1904-5
General Kuroki, Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese First army, 1904. Russo-Japanese War 1904-5

Braiid site on the isle of Man

Braiid settlement site on the Isle of Man. The circle of stones is the remains of an early Christian period Celtic roundhouse, and beyond it is a boat-shaped Norse long-house

Russian General Kouropatkine giving order to retreat, Russo-Japanese War, 1904
Russian General Kouropatkine giving order to retreat after the Battle of Moudken, March, 1904 Russo-Japanese War, 1904. From Le Petit Journal Paris

Japanese field battery in action, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5. Japanese field battery in action during the attack on Port Arthur, August 1904

Russian field artillery in the millet field, Russo-Japanese War, 1904-5

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

Gleaners at Sunset, 1889. Artist: Leon-Augustin Lhermitte
Gleaners at Sunset, 1889. Women collecting the grain that the harvesters have left behind

Cyrus McCormicks reaper and binder, 1877
Cyrus McCormicks reaper and binder, an improvement on the model patented in 1831 which was a reaper only, 1877

Crows Over Wheatfield, 1890. Artist: Vincent van Gogh
Crows Over Wheatfield, 1890. From the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Poppy Field, 1887. Artist: Claude Monet
Poppy Field, 1887. Detail. Found in the collection of The Hermitage, St Petersburg

Cover of The American Golfer magazine, December 1928

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