Milking Collection (page 6)

Pastoral Scene (oil on panel)
3822239 Pastoral Scene (oil on panel) by Berchem, Nicolaes Pietersz (1620-83) (attr.to); 31x37 cm; Calderdale Museums Service, West Yorkshire, UK; © Calderdale Borough Council

Cat suckling four puppies (engraving)
7147436 Cat suckling four puppies (engraving) by Weir, Harrison William (1824-1906); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cat suckling four puppies)

"Please don t hesitate to say if you prefer your coffee white"(litho)
7168498 " Please don t hesitate to say if you prefer your coffee white" (litho) by Pont (Graham Laidler) (1908-40); Private Collection; (add.info)

Good Friends (colour litho)
7184018 Good Friends (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Good Friends. Illustration for The Prize, 1885.); © Look and Learn

Milking Time, 1875 (oil on canvas)
7074473 Milking Time, 1875 (oil on canvas) by Askevold, Anders (1834-1900); Private Collection

"Pour on, I will endure"(engraving)
7178095 " Pour on, I will endure" (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: " Pour)

Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Laitiere; Dairy-maid; Milchmadchen (engraving)
7196476 Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Laitiere; Dairy-maid; Milchmadchen (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Laitiere; Dairy-maid; Milchmadchen)

Kirghiz Women milking Mares (engraving)
7181301 Kirghiz Women milking Mares (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Kirghiz Women milking Mares)

Une Forme a Venoix, 1881 (oil on canvas)
695245 Une Forme a Venoix, 1881 (oil on canvas) by Skredsvig, Christian Eriksen (1854-1924); 200x300 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: A farm in Venoix, northern France.); Photo © O. Vaering

Study for Forme a Venoix (oil on canvas)
695220 Study for Forme a Venoix (oil on canvas) by Skredsvig, Christian Eriksen (1854-1924); Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo, Norway; (add.info.: A farm in Venoix, northern France.); Photo © O. Vaering

Advertisement forWelford & Sons dairies (engraving)
7173239 Advertisement forWelford & Sons dairies (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Advertisement forWelford & Sons dairies)

Kittens baffled by a hedgehog (colour litho)
7157321 Kittens baffled by a hedgehog (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Kittens baffled by a hedgehog)

South America: Extracting milk from cow-tree (engraving)
7186665 South America: Extracting milk from cow-tree (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Extracting milk from cow-tree)

Une Forme a Venoix, 1881 (oil on canvas)
3959677 Une Forme a Venoix, 1881 (oil on canvas) by Skredsvig, Christian Eriksen (1854-1924); 200x300 cm; Private Collection; Photo © O. Vaering

Kittie mustn t be Greedy (colour litho)
7184053 Kittie mustn t be Greedy (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Kittie mustn t be Greedy. Illustration for The Prize, 1896.); © Look and Learn

Onager Milking, late 15th century (watercolour, gouache, white colour, ink on paper)
FIA5634337 Onager Milking, late 15th century (watercolour, gouache, white colour, ink on paper) by Iranian School (15th Century); State Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow

Greatest nutritive value of food (colour litho)
7151162 Greatest nutritive value of food (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Comic postcard on a food related theme)

Messrs Welford and Sons Dairy, Elgin Avenue, Maida Vale (engraving)
7161716 Messrs Welford and Sons Dairy, Elgin Avenue, Maida Vale (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Messrs Welford and Sons Dairy, Elgin Avenue, Maida Vale)

Dairymaids with cows, 1861 (oil on canvas)
3959658 Dairymaids with cows, 1861 (oil on canvas) by Askevold, Anders (1834-1900); 46x62 cm; Private Collection; Photo © O. Vaering

La Liberte Americaine (American Liberty) (Furnishing Fabric), France, 1783/89. Creators: Unknown, Oberkampf Manufactory
La Liberte Americaine (American Liberty) (Furnishing Fabric), France, 1783/89. Designed by Jean Baptiste Huet after medallion designed by Augustin Dupre

Pure Sterilized Milk from La Vingeanne, 1894-96 (colour litho)
7088832 Pure Sterilized Milk from La Vingeanne, 1894-96 (colour litho) by Steinlen, Theophile Alexandre (1859-1923); Private Collection; Swiss, out of copyright

Jug, Worcester, c. 1765. Creator: Royal Worcester
Jug, Worcester, c. 1765

Pastoral Scene with a Shepherdess Milking a Goat, 1665 / 70. Creator: Nicolaes Berchem
Pastoral Scene with a Shepherdess Milking a Goat, 1665/70

The Milk Seller, Cairo, 1886 (oil on wood)
417271 The Milk Seller, Cairo, 1886 (oil on wood) by Deutsch, Ludwig (1855-1935); 53.2x45.8 cm; Private Collection; French, out of copyright

Hollands Hollende Koe (Hollands Running Cow), 1690. Creator: Gaspar Bouttats
Hollands Hollende Koe (Hollands Running Cow), 1690. [The return of Hans Willem Bentinck, Earl of Portland, to the Netherlands]

An unsuccessful attempt to milk a cow (colour litho)
3626702 An unsuccessful attempt to milk a cow (colour litho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: An unsuccessful attempt to milk a cow)

Woman Milking (colour litho)
3653386 Woman Milking (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Woman Milking. Illustration for The Farm by F M B and A H Blaikie)

Milking (engraving)
6022253 Milking (engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Milking. Illustration for In The Childs World by Emilie Poulsson (Milton Bradley Co, 1899)

Cows Reflected in the Water, 1648 (oil on panel)
5863962 Cows Reflected in the Water, 1648 (oil on panel) by Potter, Paulus (1625-54); 43.4x61.3 cm; Mauritshuis, The Hague, The Netherlands; (add.info.: Naked men bathing in the backgroud); Dutch

Milkmaid with two cows (black chalk and stump heightened with white
1217783 Milkmaid with two cows (black chalk and stump heightened with white, on coarse paper prepared with pink) by Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-88); 24.1x32.3 cm; Ashmolean Museum

Compositional study of a milking scene at Eragny-sur-Epte
1217676 Compositional study of a milking scene at Eragny-sur-Epte, 1884 (watercolour over black chalk) by Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903); 15.7x19.6 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Fresh Air and Healthy Work for City Arabs, Notes at the Lancashire Branch of the Childrens Home, Crowthorne, Edgworth
1055722 Fresh Air and Healthy Work for City Arabs, Notes at the Lancashire Branch of the Childrens Home, Crowthorne, Edgworth, near Bolton (engraving) by Staniland, Charles J

I m going a Milking (engraving)
1060167 I m going a Milking (engraving) by Fahey, Edward Henry (1844-1907) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: I m going a Milking)

A Romanian Dairy Maid, after a late 19th century photograph, 1925 (litho)
473313 A Romanian Dairy Maid, after a late 19th century photograph, 1925 (litho) by American Photographer (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

La traite des vaches dans les Alpes (engraving)
2787611 La traite des vaches dans les Alpes (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: La traite des vaches dans les Alpes)

Comic postcard, Man reluctant to milk a cow Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Long-faced cow being milked Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Difficulty milking a cow Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, milking a cow Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, milking a cow Date: 20th century

Sami man and woman milking a reindeer, Norway
Vintage 19th century photograph: Sami man and woman milking a reindeer, Norway

Les grandes inventions du Pele-Mele (colour litho)
3097803 Les grandes inventions du Pele-Mele (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Les grandes inventions du Pele-Mele)

Comic postcard, Man chased by cow Date: circa 1918

Marie-Antoinette at the Trianon (colour litho)
3091130 Marie-Antoinette at the Trianon (colour litho) by Job, pseudonym for Onfray de Breville, Jacques (1858-1931); Private Collection; (add.info.: Marie-Antoinette at the Trianon)

c. 1880s Italy - milking cow in street, customers queueing
c.1880s Italy - milking a cow in the street with customers queueing

Shepherds, 1827-35 (colour litho)
478561 Shepherds, 1827-35 (colour litho) by Burnouf, M.E. (fl.1827-35); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bergers, illustration from L Inde Francaise, Paris: Chabrelle)

Landscape with Figures, 1757
CF71903 Landscape with Figures, 1757 by Lambert, George (1700-65); 122x122 cm; Coram in the care of the Foundling Museum, London; eCoram in the care of the Foundling Museum; English, out of copyright

The Return from the Fields, 1886 (oil on canvas)
FIT65900 The Return from the Fields, 1886 (oil on canvas) by Renoir, Pierre Auguste (1841-1919); 54x65.1 cm; Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge

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"Milk: A Timeless Tradition Captured Through Art and History" Step back in time to St. Albans in 1809, as artist George Sidney Shepherd immortalizes the age-old practice in his masterpiece. The scene depicts a farmer diligently testing a cow's udders, ensuring the quality of the milk that sustains communities. Fast forward to Hogarth's "Four Times of the Day, " specifically the Evening painting, where amidst bustling city streets, we catch a glimpse of milkmaids returning home after their day's work. Their tired yet content faces tell tales of hard labor and dedication. The significance transcends borders and eras. In WWII, brave land girls took on this essential task at Restormel Manor House in Lanlivery, Cornwall. These resilient women played an integral role in keeping Britain nourished during challenging times. Traveling further north to Benbecula in Scotland, we find ourselves captivated by a quaint cottage nestled amidst breathtaking landscapes. Here too, cows are tended to with care and skillfully milked by farmers who understand the artistry behind this ancient craft. Across continents lies Senegal; here we witness a Fulani woman gracefully milking Zebus - her connection with these animals runs deep within her culture and traditions. This snapshot showcases how diverse cultures have embraced milking throughout history. Returning once again to Restormel Manor House during World War I (1914-1918), we encounter another dedicated milkmaid continuing her vital work despite turbulent times. Her commitment echoes that of Prince Albert himself - even British royalty recognized farming as an honorable pursuit. Finally, let us journey back centuries ago through fresco art depicting "The Month of June. " Within its vibrant colors lies an idyllic countryside scene where cows graze peacefully while skilled hands extract nature's bounty – fresh milk for all to enjoy.