Farm Labourers Collection

Farmers from Mora, c1690-1700. Creator: Unknown
Farmers from Mora, c1690-1700

Interior view of a station, 1862-1887. Creator: Mikhail Znamensky
Interior view of a station, 1862-1887. From an album of 32 original watercolors from the library of Tsar Nicholas II. The subjects include scenes from Tobol'sk, Berezov

Tax collection, 1862-1887. Creator: Mikhail Znamensky
Tax collection, 1862-1887. From an album of 32 original watercolors from the library of Tsar Nicholas II. The subjects include scenes from Tobol'sk, Berezov, Obdorsk (present-day Salekhard)

A group of men - Siberian peasants and gypsies, 2nd half of 19th century. Creator: Mikhail Znamensky
A group of men - Siberian peasants and gypsies, 2nd half of 19th century. From a collection of 239 drawings and illustrations which include drawings of artifacts from archaeological finds in

Peasants, 2nd half of 19th century. Creator: Mikhail Znamensky
Peasants, 2nd half of 19th century. From a collection of 239 drawings and illustrations which include drawings of artifacts from archaeological finds in the territory of West Siberia

The International Exhibition: "The Emigrants Farewell" by Carl Hübner, 1862. Creator: W Thomas
The International Exhibition: "The Emigrants Farewell" by Carl Hubner, 1862. The number of German emigrants who pass through Liverpool - the port of final embarkation [to America] to which

Trials of steam-ploughs near Farningham, Kent, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Trials of steam-ploughs near Farningham, Kent, 1862. Although eleven machines or so were at work from time to time, the systems really on trial were those of Fowler, Howard, Smith, and Coleman

The International Exhibition: "Fetching the Old Mare Home" by F. W. Keyl, 1862. Creator: W Thomas
The International Exhibition: "Fetching the Old Mare Home" by F. W. Keyl, 1862. Engraving of a painting. This carefully and powerfully painted picture tells its simple story well

The Bear Assaulted by the Peasants, probably c. 1645 / 1656. Creator: Allart van Everdingen
The Bear Assaulted by the Peasants, probably c. 1645/1656

Haymaking in the 1930 s

Returning Home (oil on canvas)
MAN278080 Returning Home (oil on canvas) by Veyrassat, Jules (1828-93); 22.2x35.2 cm; Manchester Art Gallery, UK; © Manchester Art Gallery

The Cotton Harvest; Rio De Janeiro and the Organ Mountains, 1875. Creator: Thomas Woodbine Hinchliff
The Cotton Harvest; Rio De Janeiro and the Organ Mountains, 1875. [Plantation workers in Brazil]. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates

Peasants in the Vineyards of Val De Penas;An Autumn Tour in Andalusia, 1875. Creator: Gustave Doré
Peasants in the Vineyards of Val De Penas; An Autumn Tour in Andalusia, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] Belle Sauvage Works.London E.C

Coffee Gathering; Rio De Janeiro and the Organ Mountains, 1875. Creator: Thomas Woodbine Hinchliff
Coffee Gathering; Rio De Janeiro and the Organ Mountains, 1875. [Farming in Brazil]. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates

Farm in the Tugela Thorns; Life in a South African Colony, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Farm in the Tugela Thorns; Life in a South African Colony, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] Belle Sauvage Works.London E.C

Norwegian Peasants; Northern Wanderings, 1875. Creator: Frank Usher
Norwegian Peasants; Northern Wanderings, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] Belle Sauvage Works.London E.C

Cutting Burley tobacco and putting it on sticks to wilt... on the Russell Spears farm, Ky. 1940
Cutting Burley tobacco and putting it on sticks to wilt before taking it into the curing and drying barn on the Russell Spears farm, vicinity of Lexington, Kentucky

Field of cotton, between 1941 and 1942. Creator: Unknown
Field of cotton

Day laborers picking cotton near Clarksdale, Miss. 1939. Creator: Marion Post Wolcott
Day laborers picking cotton near Clarksdale, Mississippi

Southern U. S. Mississippi?, ca. 1940. Creator: Marion Post Wolcott
Southern U.S. Mississippi?

Bayou Bourbeau plantation operated by Bayou Bourbeau Farmstead Assoc... Natchitoches, La. 1940
Bayou Bourbeau plantation operated by Bayou Bourbeau Farmstead Association, a cooperative established through the cooperation of FSA [Farm Security Administration], Natchitoches, Louisiana

Taking burley tobacco in from the fields after it had been cut... Russell Spears farm, Ky. 1940
Taking Burley tobacco in from the fields, after it has been cut, to dry and cure in the barn, Russell Spears farm, vicinity of Lexington, Kentucky

Grading and packing onions, Rice County, Minnesota, 1939. Creator: Arthur Rothstein
[Grading and packing onions, Rice County, Minnesota]

Southeastern Georgia?, ca. 1940. Creator: Marion Post Wolcott
Southeastern Georgia?

Harvesting oats, southeastern Georgia?, ca. 1940. Creator: Marion Post Wolcott
Harvesting oats, southeastern Georgia?

Spreading fertilizer from 4-mule team wagon, Georgia, ca. 1940. Creator: Marion Post Wolcott
Spreading fertilizer from 4-mule team wagon, Georgia. [Georgia oat field? Southern U.S.]

Harvesting new corn from the field of Jim Norris, Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940. Creator: Russell Lee
Harvesting new corn from the field of Jim Norris, Pie Town, New Mexico

Harvesting corn, Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940. Creator: Russell Lee
Harvesting corn, Pie Town, New Mexico

Hauling crates of peaches from the orchard to the shipping shed, Delta County, Colo. 1940. Creator: Russell Lee
Hauling crates of peaches from the orchard to the shipping shed, Delta County, Colorado

Pickers in a peach orchard, Delta County, Colo. 1940. Creator: Russell Lee
Pickers in a peach orchard, Delta County, Colorado

Crates of peaches being gathered from pickers to be hauled to... Delta County, Colo. 1940. Creator: Russell Lee
Crates of peaches being gathered from pickers to be hauled to the shipping shed, Delta County, Colorado

Fazenda House in Brazil; Rio De Janeiro and the Organ Mountains, 1875. Creator: Thomas Woodbine Hinchliff
Fazenda House in Brazil; Rio De Janeiro and the Organ Mountains, 1875. From, Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] Belle Sauvage Works.London E.C

Printed Textile, c. 1938. Creator: Pearl Gibbo
Printed Textile, c. 1938

Tapestry, c. 1938. Creator: Pearl Gibbo
Tapestry, c. 1938

One of the eight cooperating farmers drive loaded wagons to the silo, Yamhill County, Oregon, 1939
One of the eight cooperating farmers drive loaded wagons to the silo. Yamhill County, Oregon

Cooperating farmers load wagons with corn... Yamhill County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cooperating farmers load wagons with corn. One of the eight cooperating farmers drive loaded wagons to the silo. Yamhill County, Oregon

Seven of the eight farmers shown with their coop... West Carlton, Yamhill County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Seven of the eight farmers shown with their cooperatively owned ensilage cutter on the Miller farm, where they are working filling the silo. West Carlton, Yamhill County, Oregon

Night street meeting of cotton strikers near end of defeated strike. Kern County, California, 1939
Kern County, California. Night street meeting of cotton strikers near end of defeated strike. Strikers received seventy-five cents per 100 pounds; demanded one dollar

Family from Oklahoma, during cotton strike, near Shafter, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Near Shafter, California. Family from Oklahoma lives in old cow-barn and picks cotton for seventy-five cents a 100 pounds. During cotton strike

Pea pickers, end of the day, near Calipatria, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Pea pickers. End of the day. Near Calipatria. California

Pea pickers coming into the weigh master, near Calipatria, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Pea pickers coming into the weigh master. Near Calipatria, California

Weighting scales at edge of bean field, near West Stayton, Marion County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Weighting scales at edge of bean field. Near West Stayton, Marion County, Oregon

Cooperating farmers with wagonload of corn... Yamhill County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Cooperating farmers with wagonload of corn. Feeding corn from the wagon through the ensilage cutter from which it is blown thru the pipe into the silo. Yamhill County, Oregon

Pea fields, end of the day, near Calipatria, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
End of the day. Near Calipatria, California. Pea fields

End of the day, pea pickers, near Calipatria, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
End of the day. Near Calipatria, California. Pea pickers

Beanfield - weigh scales, pickers, and sacked beans at edge of... near West Stayton, Oregon, 1939
Beanfield. Weigh scales, pickers, and sacked beans at edge of field. Near West Stayton, Marion County, Oregon

Bean pickers barbering each other, near West Staten, Marion County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Bean pickers barbering each other. Near West Staten, Marion County, Oregon

Hop farmers sons, washing for noon meal on back porch, Independence, Polk County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Oregon. Independence, Polk County. Hop farmers sons, washing for noon meal on back porch. They supervise the migratory workers in the field and tend to the weighing of hops

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"Capturing the Essence of Farm Labourers Through Art and Photography" Returning Home (oil on canvas): A poignant depiction making their way back to their humble abodes after a long day's work, showcasing their resilience and dedication. The Bear Assaulted by the Peasants: Allart van Everdingen's masterpiece portrays the strength and unity as they defend themselves against a formidable foe, symbolizing their unwavering spirit in overcoming challenges. Haymaking in the 1930s: An evocative image that transports us to an era where hardworking individuals toiled under the scorching sun, highlighting their crucial role in sustaining agricultural practices during challenging times. The Cotton Harvest; Rio De Janeiro and the Organ Mountains: Thomas Woodbine Hinchliff captures a vibrant scene filled with bustling activity as farm labourers gather cotton, illustrating both their laborious efforts and contribution to Brazil's rich cultural heritage. Peasants in the Vineyards of Val De Penas; An Autumn Tour in Andalusia: Gustave Doré's artwork beautifully showcases peasants working amidst picturesque vineyards, reminding us of their integral part in cultivating Spain's renowned wine industry. Coffee Gathering; Rio De Janeiro and the Organ Mountains: Thomas Woodbine Hinchliff provides a glimpse into coffee plantations where diligent workers collect precious beans, emphasizing how these unsung heroes contribute to Brazil's status as one of the world's top coffee producers. Farm in Tugela Thorns; Life in a South African Colony: An unidentified artist sheds light on rural life within South Africa’s colonies, depicting farm labourers navigating thorny landscapes while tending to crops - exemplifying perseverance despite adversity. Norwegian Peasants; Northern Wanderings: Frank Usher captures serene Norwegian countryside scenes featuring hardworking peasants engaged in various farming activities, showcasing their harmonious relationship with nature.