Farmhand Collection

The Harvesters, 1565. Creator: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The Harvesters, 1565

Galway Gossips, c1887, (c1930). Creator: Sir Ernest Albert Waterlow
Galway Gossips, c1887, (c1930). Rural scene in the west of Ireland: a woman on a horse stops to chat to a man leaning on a low wall

Jean-Francois Millet (1814-1875). The Gleaners (1856). Orsay
Jean-Francois Millet (1814-1875). French painter, one of the founders of the Barbizon School. The Gleaners (1856). Orsay Museum. Paris. France

Gathering Plums, 1901, (c1930). Creator: Henry Herbert la Thangue
Gathering Plums, 1901, (c1930). A young woman and boy fill baskets with fallen fruit in an orchard with a stream running through it. Painting in the Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester

The Sower, October 1888, (1947). Creator: Vincent van Gogh
The Sower, October 1888, (1947). Man broadcasting seed in a field against a sun low on the horizon. Painting in the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

The Harvest of Buckwheat, 1899. Creator: Paul Serusier
The Harvest of Buckwheat, 1899

The Movings, 1822. Creator: Louis Leopold Boilly
The Movings, 1822

Peasant woman and peasant, (c1900s). Creator: Albert Engstrom
Peasant woman and peasant, (c1900s)

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

Peasant girl, 2nd half of 19th century. Creator: Mikhail Znamensky
Peasant girl, 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

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

Haymaking, late 19th cent - early 20th cent. Creator: I Popov
Haymaking, late 19th cent - early 20th cent. The album "Peoples of Siberia" contains twenty-seven photographs depicting Yakuts and Buryats, everyday life, festivals, meetings, housing

Household work, late 19th cent - early 20th cent. Creator: I Popov
Household work, late 19th cent - early 20th cent. The album "Peoples of Siberia" contains twenty-seven photographs depicting Yakuts and Buryats, everyday life, festivals, meetings, housing

Mansi (Chinese exiles on the Russian border), 1865-1871. Creator: VV Lanin
Mansi (Chinese exiles on the Russian border), 1865-1871. This album contains 154 photographs taken in the second half of the 1860s and 1870s by a local photographer from the Far East, V. V. Lanin

Peasant-Migrant who has Settled in Irkutsk Province. Siberia, 1904. Creator: Boris Vasilievich Smirnov
Peasant-Migrant who has Settled in Irkutsk Province. Siberia, 1904. Boris Vasilievich Smirnov (1881-1954) was a Russian artist who in 1904 traveled by prisoner transport from western Russia across

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

View of the Interior, Luzon Island, Philippines, 19th century. Creators: Friedrich Heinrich Kittlitz, Victor Adam
View of the Interior, Luzon Island, Philippines, 19th century. One of 65 lithographs that were included in the volume of maps published after the round-the-world voyage of the corvette Seniavin

A type of elderly peasant (Old Believers) from the village of Bardagon, 1909. Creator: Vladimir Ivanovich Fedorov
A type of elderly peasant (Old Believers) from the village of Bardagon, 1909. Amur Oblast Museum of Regional History and Folklife

The International Exhibition: Fowler's patent four-furrow steam-plough, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Fowler's patent four-furrow steam-plough, 1862. The first aim was to show the superiority of steam to horse power in the inversion and cultivation of the soil

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 Volunteer Field-Day at Brighton: arrival of volunteers on the racecourse, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Volunteer Field-Day at Brighton: arrival of volunteers on the racecourse, 1862. Nothing could be finer than the approach of something like 12, 000 men in close column, at quick march

Head of an Old Woman, c1778. Creator: Ubaldo Gandolfi
Head of an Old Woman, c1778

"The Blessings of a Shepherd's Life" by H. B. Willis, in the Gallery of the British... 1862
"The Blessings of a Shepherd's Life" by H. B. Willis, in the Gallery of the British Institution, 1862. Engraving of a painting. From "Illustrated London News", 1862

1. Resident of the Settlement of Oliutorskii 2. Tungus Vagrant, 1856. Creator: Ivan Dem'ianovich Bulychev
1. Resident of the Settlement of Oliutorskii 2. Tungus Vagrant, 1856. From Puteshestviye po Vostochnoy Sibiri I. Bulychova. Chast 1-ya

Mowers in Maly Baranchik on Lake Baikal, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown
Mowers in Maly Baranchik on Lake Baikal, 1900-1904. National Library of Russia

Ona Large Rubber Tree Plantation near Suva, Fiji Island - Hindu Laborer Gathering the Sap or Latex from a Scored Tree, c1930s. From " Tour of the World"

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

In Buchberg, 1817. Creator: Johann Christian Erhard
In Buchberg, 1817

The Veteran in a New Field, 1865. Creator: Winslow Homer
The Veteran in a New Field, 1865

The Potato Peeler (reverse: Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat), 1885. Creator: Vincent van Gogh
The Potato Peeler (reverse: Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat), 1885

Lifting water water from the Nile using a shadouf, Nag Hammadi, Egypt, 1898. Creator
Raising water from the Nile, Nag Hammadi, Egypt, 1898. Fellaheen lifting water from the River Nile for irrigation using a shadouf. Wasser [?] Fellaheen bei Nagh-Aamadi

Tea pickers, Peradeniya, Ceylon, 1898. Creator: Christian Wilhelm Allers
Tea pickers, Peradeniya, Ceylon, 1898. In der Theefelden bei Paradenia. From " Rund um die Erde" [Round the Earth], written and illustrated by C. W. Allers

Old man in cloth cap - Thassos, Greece
Portrait of an old man wearing cap and old cardigan as he stands beside a blue-painted window. Thassos, Greece Date: circa 1995

Then said Boaz to Ruth, go not to glean in another field, 1840. Creator: Henry Bryan Hall I
Then said Boaz to Ruth, go not to glean in another field, 1840. Biblical scene, from Ruth 2: 8: Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter

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

Farm owned by James Pompey, who 20 years ago came from Italy... Southington, Connecticut, 1942
Farm owned by James Pompey, who 20 years ago came from Italy on the advice of a brother, Southington, Connecticut. People of Finnish, Slav, German, and Polish extraction help him to farm it

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

Man outdoors, possibly a farmer, between 1941 and 1942. Creator: Unknown
Man outdoors, possibly a farmer

Man in bill cap and dungaree coat, possibly a farmer, between 1941 and 1942. Creator: Unknown
Man in bill cap and dungaree coat, possibly a farmer

Man, possibly a farmer or agricultural laborer, between 1941 and 1942. Creator: Unknown
Man, possibly a farmer or agricultural laborer

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"Farmhand: A Journey Through the Artistic Depiction of Rural Labor" Step into the world of hardworking farmhands as we explore various artworks that beautifully capture their daily lives and struggles. From Pieter Bruegel the Elder's iconic painting "The Harvesters, 1565" to Vincent van Gogh's powerful portrayal in "The Sower, October 1888, " these masterpieces offer glimpses into the timeless role of farm labor. In Sir Ernest Albert Waterlow's "Galway Gossips, c1887, " we witness a moment of respite for farmhands as they engage in friendly conversation amidst their toil. Jean-Francois Millet's renowned piece, "The Gleaners (1856), " showcases the dignity and resilience of those who gather leftover crops after harvest. Henry Herbert la Thangue's "Gathering Plums, 1901" transports us to an idyllic scene where farmhands carefully collect ripe fruits from bountiful orchards. Meanwhile, Louis Leopold Boilly's intriguing work titled "The Movings, 1822" portrays a group of workers engaged in transporting goods on a rural road. Allart van Everdingen captures a different aspect with his painting "The Bear Assaulted by the Peasants. " This dramatic artwork depicts brave peasants defending themselves against an attacking bear—a reminder that farming life is not without its dangers. Johann Christian Erhard invites us to experience tranquility in his piece "In Buchberg, 1817, " where a solitary farmer tends to his land under vast open skies. Winslow Homer’s masterpiece “The Veteran in a New Field” pays tribute to farmers returning home from war and finding solace through agricultural work. Vincent van Gogh reappears with “The Potato Peeler, ” showcasing both laborious tasks and self-reflection within one canvas.