Barley Collection

Wheat, Rice and Grains, Victorian Botanical Illustration
Very Rare, Beautifully Illustrated Antique Engraved Victorian Botanical Illustration of Wheat, Rice and Grains: Plate 13, Published in 1886. Source: Original edition from my own archives

John Deere combine harvester, harvesting Barley (Hordeum vulgare) crop, filling trailer pulled by tractor with grain, England, july

Harvesting barley with a combine harvester, Suffolk
Harvesting barley with a combine harvester on a farm in Suffolk, England

Ceres / Demeter Crane 1889
CORN PERSONIFIED - WHEAT (triticum) - BARLEY (hordium) - RYE (secale cereale)

Jesus Feeds 5000
When a crowd of five thousand, who have gathered to hear him, grow hungry, Jesus provides them with food - five barley loaves and two fishes suffice for all

Harvesting Barley
Harvesting barley with a Ransome Combine Harvester on a farm in Suffolk, England

Advertisement for Meccano, Barley & Son, Bath
Advertisement for Meccano and Hornby Trains, sold at Barley & Son, Centre of Corridor, Bath. Date: 1926

Farming Scene in Western Canada - harvesting crops and stooks. Date: circa 1910s

Poppies in cereal crop, sun haze/flare - backlit
HAR-112 Poppies in cereal crop, sun haze/flare - backlit UK Anthony Harrison Please note that prints are personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Sun on Dartmoor Devon horizon illuminates rolling landscape of fields and woodland with foreground rich crop of poppies
HAR-87 Sun illuminates rolling landscape of fields and woodland with foreground of rich crop of poppies (arable weed) amid ripening barley, backlit. Organic farming. Dartmoor, Devon horizon

Harvesting with Tractor
Havesting barley on a farm in Suffolk, England, using a Fordson tractor

Mitchells and Butlers Brewery Malting Floor
The Malting Floor at the Mitchells and Butlers Cape Hill Brewery, Smethwick, West Midlands. Barley grain lies a foot deep on the floor for ten days, being constantly turned

Barley Cove near Crookhaven, West Cork, Republic of Ireland

Barman standing by well-stocked bar
Barman standing by a well-stocked bar. The cash register displays an advertisement for Bass & Co Barley Wine. Packets of Capstan cigarettes are on display below. Date: circa 1910

Etna
RAV66492 Etna by Ravilious, Tirzah (nee Garwood) (1908-51); Private Collection

Field flowers in corn field barley field with cornflowers and scentless chamomile (Tripleurospermum inodorum)
SAS-293 Field flowers in corn field - barley field with cornflowers and scentless chamomile (Tripleurospermum inodorum) in evening light Baden-Wuerttemberg

Cereal grains
Wheat, Triticum aestivum 1, rye, Secale cereale 2, barley, Hordeum distichon 3, and oats, Avena sativa 4. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Red barn in wheat & barley field in Whitman County, Washington state PR (MR)

Field poppy growing amidst field of barley Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
SAS-600 Field poppy - growing amidst field of barley Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany Papaver rhoeas Steffen & Alexandra Sailer Please note that prints are personal display purposes only

Dense out-of-focus Poppies in cereal crop, Devon, agricultural landscape beyond, UK
HAR-111 Dense out-of-focus Poppies in cereal crop, Devon, agricultural landscape beyond UK Anthony Harrison Please note that prints are personal display purposes only

Barley Somerset, Manitoba, Canada

Wheat, TritiCum aestivum, and barley, Hordeum vulgare. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration
FLO4668816 Wheat, TritiCum aestivum, and barley, Hordeum vulgare. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

The reaping of barley by hand
3732459 The reaping of barley by hand; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the reaping of barley by hand. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

The reaping of barley by hand
3732445 The reaping of barley by hand; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the reaping of barley by hand. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

The reaping of barley by hand
3732455 The reaping of barley by hand; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the reaping of barley by hand. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Les meilleurs bles. Description of types and cultivation of crops of corn, wheat oats, barley and other field crops
5617258 Les meilleurs bles. Description of types and cultivation of crops of corn, wheat oats, barley and other field crops. Published in 1880

Les meilleurs bles. Description of types and cultivation of crops of corn, wheat oats, barley and other field crops
5617255 Les meilleurs bles. Description of types and cultivation of crops of corn, wheat oats, barley and other field crops. Published in 1880

Les meilleurs bles. Description of types and cultivation of crops of corn, wheat oats, barley and other field crops
5617253 Les meilleurs bles. Description of types and cultivation of crops of corn, wheat oats, barley and other field crops. Published in 1880

ERBARI Barley (hordeum); ears and seeds analysed and dissected
6202930 ERBARI Barley (hordeum); ears and seeds analysed and dissected; (add.info.: ERBARI Barley (hordeum); ears and seeds analyzed and dissected. Classis III, Triandria, gramina; tav. 7

Engraving depicting a malt porter from Barclay's Brewery Southwark; these men took the malted barley across
5308883 Engraving depicting a malt porter from Barclay's Brewery Southwark; these men took the malted barley across the street from the malt warehouse to the brewery in two bushel baskets

Barley, Hordeum vulgare. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert
FLO4986664 Barley, Hordeum vulgare. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimen's Medicinal Plants, London

Les meilleurs bles. Description of types and cultivation of crops of corn, wheat oats, barley and other field crops
5617257 Les meilleurs bles. Description of types and cultivation of crops of corn, wheat oats, barley and other field crops. Published in 1880

Les meilleurs bles. Description of types and cultivation of crops of corn, wheat oats, barley and other field crops
5617254 Les meilleurs bles. Description of types and cultivation of crops of corn, wheat oats, barley and other field crops. Published in 1880

Les meilleurs bles. Description of types and cultivation of crops of corn, wheat oats, barley and other field crops
5617251 Les meilleurs bles. Description of types and cultivation of crops of corn, wheat oats, barley and other field crops. Published in 1880

Fats and grains including wheat (ble), barley (barley), oats (barley), rice (rice), corn, maize (corn), papyrus
FLO4684679 Fats and grains including wheat (ble), barley (barley), oats (barley), rice (rice), corn, maize (corn), papyrus, sugar (sugar), sorghum (sorghum), bamboo (bamboo), waterlily (nenuphar)

The reaping of barley by hand
3732456 The reaping of barley by hand; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the reaping of barley by hand. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Sovietic Agriculture, c.1930 (poster)
2069740 Sovietic Agriculture, c.1930 (poster) by Moor, Dmitry (Dmitry Stakhievich Orlov) (1883-1946); (add.info.: Coll. Part. History. Russia (USSR). The Soviet Agriculture against the Reactionists

The process of turning barley into malt
5311911 The process of turning barley into malt; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the process of turning barley into malt: grain was first steeped in a tank at the far end of the barn)

Les meilleurs bles. Description of types and cultivation of crops of corn, wheat oats, barley and other field crops
5617256 Les meilleurs bles. Description of types and cultivation of crops of corn, wheat oats, barley and other field crops. Published in 1880

Les meilleurs bles. Description of types and cultivation of crops of corn, wheat oats, barley and other field crops
5617250 Les meilleurs bles. Description of types and cultivation of crops of corn, wheat oats, barley and other field crops. Published in 1880

Farm workers resting in the fields
3732462 Farm workers resting in the fields; (add.info.: Engraving depicting farm workers resting in the fields having finished gathering in the barley harvest)

The reaping of barley by hand
3732457 The reaping of barley by hand; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the reaping of barley by hand. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

The reaping of barley by hand
3732454 The reaping of barley by hand; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the reaping of barley by hand. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

The Barley Field
3732452 The Barley Field; (add.info.: Painting titled 'The Barley Field' by George Elgar Hicks (1824-1914) an English painter during the Victorian Era

Article commenting on the destructive power of the Hessian Fly, 19th century
5308742 Article commenting on the destructive power of the Hessian Fly, 19th century; (add.info.: Article commenting on the destructive power of the Hessian Fly)

Les meilleurs bles. Description of types and cultivation of crops of corn, wheat oats, barley and other field crops
5617252 Les meilleurs bles. Description of types and cultivation of crops of corn, wheat oats, barley and other field crops. Published in 1880

An engraving depicting the process of turning barley into malt: removing rootlets from grain by screening after
5311331 An engraving depicting the process of turning barley into malt: removing rootlets from grain by screening after the kilning stage

Wheat, rye, barley, vetcehs, oats and peas. The Tempest. Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn
FLO4633818 Wheat, rye, barley, vetcehs, oats and peas. The Tempest. Handcoioured botanical illustration drawn and lithographed by Jane Elizabeth Giraud from The Flowers of Shakespeare, Day and Haghe

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"Barley: A Versatile Grain Connecting Past and Present" Step into the world of barley, a grain that has been intertwined with human civilization for centuries. Just like its close relatives wheat and rice, barley holds a special place in our diets and agricultural practices. In Victorian times, botanical illustrations showcased the beauty of this humble crop. Its golden hues and delicate structure were captured with meticulous detail, reminding us of nature's artistry. Fast forward to modern times, where technology meets tradition on the fields. John Deere combine harvesters work tirelessly to gather bountiful barley crops, filling trailers pulled by tractors with grains that will nourish many. Even advertisements from Meccano featuring Barley & Son in Bath celebrated the importance of this staple food. It was a testament to how deeply ingrained barley is in our lives. From Suffolk to Western Canada, farmers have long relied on harvesting techniques to ensure an abundant yield. The Ceres/Demeter Crane of 1889 symbolized not only prosperity but also the connection between agriculture and mythology – just as Jesus fed thousands with loaves made from barley. Nature's canvas comes alive when poppies bloom amidst ripening barley fields under the warm sun haze on Dartmoor Devon's horizon. This picturesque scene reminds us of both the beauty and sustenance that come from farming these crops. Tractors become companions during harvest time as they assist in reaping what has been sown. Their presence signifies progress while honoring age-old traditions passed down through generations. Traveling across borders takes us to Barley Cove near Crookhaven in West Cork, Republic of Ireland – a place where stunning landscapes meet fertile soil. Here, we witness firsthand how geography shapes cultivation methods and influences flavors unique to each region. Barley may be just one grain among many, but its versatility knows no bounds. Whether it's used for brewing beer or creating hearty soups and stews, this resilient crop has stood the test of time.