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Farmhands Collection

Farmhands, also known as country estate workers and gardeners, have played a vital role in the agricultural industry throughout history

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Reaping with the Hainault scythe

Reaping with the Hainault scythe
6266206 Reaping with the Hainault scythe; (add.info.: Reaping with the Hainault scythe. From The Book of the Farm by Scottish farmer and agriculturalist Henry Stephens, 1795-1874)

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Women hoeing in field (engraving)

Women hoeing in field (engraving)
6266199 Women hoeing in field (engraving); (add.info.: From The Book of the Farm by Scottish farmer and agriculturalist Henry Stephens, 1795-1874, first published in the 1840's)

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Mowing corn with the scythe

Mowing corn with the scythe
6266207 Mowing corn with the scythe; (add.info.: Mowing corn with the scythe. From The Book of the Farm by Scottish farmer and agriculturalist Henry Stephens, 1795-1874)

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Elderly peasants of the village of Yarkina, Yenisei district, 1911. Creator: Unknown

Elderly peasants of the village of Yarkina, Yenisei district, 1911. Creator: Unknown
Elderly peasants of the village of Yarkina, Yenisei district, 1911. From a collection which includes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei Province in the late tsarist period

Background imageFarmhands Collection: A group of peasants from the village of Yarki, Yenisei district, 1911. Creator: Unknown

A group of peasants from the village of Yarki, Yenisei district, 1911. Creator: Unknown
A group of peasants from the village of Yarki, Yenisei district, 1911. From a collection iwhich ncludes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei Province in the late tsarist

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Young peasants of the village of Boguchansky Yenisei district, 1911. Creator: Unknown

Young peasants of the village of Boguchansky Yenisei district, 1911. Creator: Unknown
Young peasants of the village of Boguchansky Yenisei district, 1911. From a collection which includes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei Province in the late tsarist period

Background imageFarmhands Collection: A light load from the last-reaped field, 1864. Creator: Unknown

A light load from the last-reaped field, 1864. Creator: Unknown
A light load from the last-reaped field, 1864. 'The custom of giving a supper to the harvest folk has been observed from time immemorial...The jollity of the season is universally felt

Background imageFarmhands Collection: The Schleswig-Holstein Difficulty: Schleswig costumes, 1864. Creator: Unknown

The Schleswig-Holstein Difficulty: Schleswig costumes, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Schleswig-Holstein Difficulty: Schleswig costumes, 1864. 'Sand-eel fisher-girl of Blavand's Bay; peasant girl of Fohr in her Sunday attire; peasant woman of Ostenfeldt in her Sunday

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Peasants - chaldons of the city of Krasnoyarsk, 1880. Creator: Unknown

Peasants - chaldons of the city of Krasnoyarsk, 1880. Creator: Unknown
Peasants - chaldons of the city of Krasnoyarsk, 1880. This collection includes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei Province in the late tsarist period

Background imageFarmhands Collection: A barrack for family workers in Krasnoyarsk, 1890. Creator: Unknown

A barrack for family workers in Krasnoyarsk, 1890. Creator: Unknown
A barrack for family workers in Krasnoyarsk, 1890. This collection includes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei Province in the late tsarist period

Background imageFarmhands Collection: The gates of a snow town near the village of Ladeyskoye, Krasnoyarsk District, 1800

The gates of a snow town near the village of Ladeyskoye, Krasnoyarsk District, 1800. Creator: Unknown
The gates of a snow town near the village of Ladeyskoye, Krasnoyarsk District, 1800. This collection includes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei Province in the late tsarist

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Sending peasant settlers to the place of permanent residence, 1890. Creator: Unknown

Sending peasant settlers to the place of permanent residence, 1890. Creator: Unknown
Sending peasant settlers to the place of permanent residence, 1890. This collection includes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei Province in the late tsarist period

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Nakhalovka Sloboda in Krasnoyarsk, 1896. Creator: Unknown

Nakhalovka Sloboda in Krasnoyarsk, 1896. Creator: Unknown
Nakhalovka Sloboda in Krasnoyarsk, 1896. This collection includes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei Province in the late tsarist period

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Settlers at their home, 1880. Creator: Unknown

Settlers at their home, 1880. Creator: Unknown
Settlers at their home, 1880. This collection includes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei Province in the late tsarist period

Background imageFarmhands Collection: A rich peasant family from the village of Boguchansky, Yenisei district, 1911. Creator: Unknown

A rich peasant family from the village of Boguchansky, Yenisei district, 1911. Creator: Unknown
A rich peasant family from the village of Boguchansky, Yenisei district, 1911. From a collection which includes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei Province in the late

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Road through a Grove. Creator: Jacob van Ruisdael

Road through a Grove. Creator: Jacob van Ruisdael
Road through a Grove, Unknown date

Background imageFarmhands Collection: The Sunken Road in Winter, 1913. Creator: Othon Friesz

The Sunken Road in Winter, 1913. Creator: Othon Friesz
The Sunken Road in Winter, 1913

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Idyll on the heath, 1908. Creator: Johannes Martin Fasting Wilhjelm

Idyll on the heath, 1908. Creator: Johannes Martin Fasting Wilhjelm
Idyll on the heath, 1908

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Hop-picking, 1858. Creator: Unknown

Hop-picking, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Hop-picking, 1858. Seasonal workers. Beautiful as the hop-gardens appear when the hops are in their pride and prime, and ere a pole has been pulled or a bine cut

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Hop-pickers Resting - drawn by Phiz, 1858. Creator: Hablot Knight Browne

Hop-pickers Resting - drawn by Phiz, 1858. Creator: Hablot Knight Browne
Hop-pickers Resting - drawn by Phiz, 1858. Seasonal farm workers. Here meet together the respectable poor and the disreputable poor, the honest labourer and the thief (doing honest work now)

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Hop-pickers on the Road - drawn by Phiz, 1858. Creator: Hablot Knight Browne

Hop-pickers on the Road - drawn by Phiz, 1858. Creator: Hablot Knight Browne
Hop-pickers on the Road - drawn by Phiz, 1858. Seasonal farm workers. Here meet together the respectable poor and the disreputable poor, the honest labourer and the thief (doing honest work now)

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Harvest Home - drawn by Godwin, 1858. Creator: Unknown

Harvest Home - drawn by Godwin, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Harvest Home - drawn by Godwin, 1858. English farm workers celebrating the gathering in of the crops. From "Illustrated London News", 1858

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Harvest Operations - Gleaning, 1858. Creator: Unknown

Harvest Operations - Gleaning, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Harvest Operations - Gleaning, 1858. One of our Artists, fresh from the cornfields, has forwarded to us the accompanying Illustrations of gathering in the harvest

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Harvest Operations - Stacking, 1858. Creator: Unknown

Harvest Operations - Stacking, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Harvest Operations - Stacking, 1858. One of our Artists, fresh from the cornfields, has forwarded to us the accompanying Illustrations of gathering in the harvest

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Harvest Operations - Carrying, 1858. Creator: Unknown

Harvest Operations - Carrying, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Harvest Operations - Carrying, 1858. One of our Artists, fresh from the cornfields, has forwarded to us the accompanying Illustrations of gathering in the harvest

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Harvest Operations - Reaping, 1858. Creator: Unknown

Harvest Operations - Reaping, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Harvest Operations - Reaping, 1858. One of our Artists, fresh from the cornfields, has forwarded to us the accompanying Illustrations of gathering in the harvest

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Landscape with Peasants and Cattle. Creator: Nicolaes Berchem

Landscape with Peasants and Cattle. Creator: Nicolaes Berchem
Landscape with Peasants and Cattle, Unknown date

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Agricultural Labourers Union at the Memorial Hall, Farringdon-Street...1876. Creator: Unknown

Agricultural Labourers Union at the Memorial Hall, Farringdon-Street...1876. Creator: Unknown
Agricultural Labourers Union at the Memorial Hall, Farringdon-Street, [London]: Delegates signing Petition, 1876. About a thousand persons from different parts of the country were present

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Hungry Peasants at a Meagre Meal. Creator: Unknown

Hungry Peasants at a Meagre Meal. Creator: Unknown
Hungry Peasants at a Meagre Meal

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Italian Harvest Festival at Monte Testaccio near Rome, 1825. Creator: Carl Gustaf Hjalmar Mörner

Italian Harvest Festival at Monte Testaccio near Rome, 1825. Creator: Carl Gustaf Hjalmar Mörner
Italian Harvest Festival at Monte Testaccio near Rome, 1825

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Landscape with Rustics and Cattle, 1768. Creator: Elias Martin

Landscape with Rustics and Cattle, 1768. Creator: Elias Martin
Landscape with Rustics and Cattle, 1768

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Commençant des visites...pour son Prince, 1851. Creator: Honore Daumier

Commençant des visites...pour son Prince, 1851. Creator: Honore Daumier
Commencant des visites...pour son Prince, 1851. Commencant des visites electorales pour son Prince. (Starting to make campaign visits for his Prince). From Actualites

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Russian Knife-Grinder in Esthonia; The Baltic Provinces of Russia, 1875. Creator: Unknown

Russian Knife-Grinder in Esthonia; The Baltic Provinces of Russia, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Russian Knife-Grinder in Esthonia; The Baltic Provinces of Russia, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Landscape with Fisherman and a Young Woman, 1769. Creator: Francois Boucher

Landscape with Fisherman and a Young Woman, 1769. Creator: Francois Boucher
Landscape with Fisherman and a Young Woman, 1769

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Pastoral Repast, 1769. Creator: Francois Boucher

Pastoral Repast, 1769. Creator: Francois Boucher
Pastoral Repast, 1769

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Landscape with Soldiers and Peasants, mid-18th century. Creator: Andrea Locatelli

Landscape with Soldiers and Peasants, mid-18th century. Creator: Andrea Locatelli
Landscape with Soldiers and Peasants, mid-18th century

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Page from a Book of Hours, 4th quarter 15th century. Creator: Unknown

Page from a Book of Hours, 4th quarter 15th century. Creator: Unknown
Page from a Book of Hours, 4th quarter 15th century. Biblical scene with kneeling figures (top), and dancing peasants (bottom), from a Book of Hours made in Rouen, France

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Italian Peasants in a Grotto (Antique Grotto in the Tarpeian Rock), 1821

Italian Peasants in a Grotto (Antique Grotto in the Tarpeian Rock), 1821. Creator: Alexander Lauréus
Italian Peasants in a Grotto (Antique Grotto in the Tarpeian Rock), 1821

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Peasants Kneeling Before Shrine, c1840. Creator: Charles Ramelet

Peasants Kneeling Before Shrine, c1840. Creator: Charles Ramelet
Peasants Kneeling Before Shrine, c1840

Background imageFarmhands Collection: River Landscape. Creator: Bonaventura Peeters I

River Landscape. Creator: Bonaventura Peeters I
River Landscape, Unknown date

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Two Peasant Girls Listening to the Playing of the Water-Sprite, 1860

Two Peasant Girls Listening to the Playing of the Water-Sprite, 1860. Creator: Johan Zacharias Blackstadius
Two Peasant Girls Listening to the Playing of the Water-Sprite, 1860

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Plate 7 for Oliver Goldsmith's The Vicar of Wakefield, 1776. Creator: Daniel Berger

Plate 7 for Oliver Goldsmith's The Vicar of Wakefield, 1776. Creator: Daniel Berger
Plate 7 for Oliver Goldsmith's The Vicar of Wakefield, 1776

Background imageFarmhands Collection: The Cornshocks. Creator: Anon

The Cornshocks. Creator: Anon
The Cornshocks, Unknown date

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Figure studies with horses and chariots, 1832-1880. Creator: Jan Weissenbruch

Figure studies with horses and chariots, 1832-1880. Creator: Jan Weissenbruch
Figure studies with horses and chariots, 1832-1880

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Resting oxen, 1862. Creator: Jan Bedys Tom

Resting oxen, 1862. Creator: Jan Bedys Tom
Resting oxen, 1862. Cart with tree trunk

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Peasants from Sorunda on their Way to Stockholm, 1862. Creator: Nils Andersson

Peasants from Sorunda on their Way to Stockholm, 1862. Creator: Nils Andersson
Peasants from Sorunda on their Way to Stockholm, 1862

Background imageFarmhands Collection: River Landscape with Peasants. Creator: Adriaen van Stalbemt

River Landscape with Peasants. Creator: Adriaen van Stalbemt
River Landscape with Peasants, Unknown date

Background imageFarmhands Collection: Inn interior with violin player, c.1640-1645. Creator: Adriaen van Ostade

Inn interior with violin player, c.1640-1645. Creator: Adriaen van Ostade
Inn interior with violin player, c.1640-1645



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Farmhands, also known as country estate workers and gardeners, have played a vital role in the agricultural industry throughout history. From tending to crops and livestock to maintaining farm buildings, these hardworking individuals have been the backbone of rural communities. In the painting "The Bear Assaulted by the Peasants, " created by Allart van Everdingen in the mid-17th century, we catch a glimpse defending their land against wild animals. This depiction highlights their bravery and dedication to protecting their livelihoods. Moving forward in time, Thomas Woodbine Hinchliff's artwork "The Cotton Harvest; Rio De Janeiro and the Organ Mountains" transports us to 1875 Brazil. Here, we witness farmhands diligently gathering cotton under scorching sunrays. Their sweat-soaked brows reveal their tireless efforts to bring forth bountiful harvests. Similarly, Gustave Doré's masterpiece "Peasants in the Vineyards of Val De Penas; An Autumn Tour in Andalusia" captures farmhands amidst picturesque vineyards during autumn. These workers meticulously tend to each grapevine with care and precision—a testament to their expertise passed down through generations. As we journey across continents, Thomas Woodbine Hinchliff's painting "Coffee Gathering; Rio De Janeiro and the Organ Mountains" takes us back to Brazil—this time witnessing farmhands collecting coffee beans from lush plantations. Their nimble fingers pluck ripe cherries from branches while ensuring only the finest quality beans make it into our morning cups. Venturing further south into Africa, an unknown artist depicts life on a South African colony in 1875 with "Farm in Tugela Thorns. " Farmhands navigate thorny landscapes as they cultivate crops amidst challenging conditions—a true reflection of their resilience and adaptability. Frank Usher's portrayal of Norwegian peasants titled "Northern Wanderings" showcases farmers working harmoniously with nature.