Plough Collection

Horses pulling the plough
Two heavy horses, pull a farmers plough through a newly cut cornfield. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Ploughing with shire horses, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Shire horse team during Ploughing Match
A team of white Shire horses competing in a ploughing match. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Shire Horses pull the plough
A team of two white shire horses pull a light plough across a field of recently cut corn. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Ploughing a field
A farmer operating a hand plough, pulled by a team of two white horses. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

Womens Land Army Poster
Poster recruiting women to the National Service Womens Land Army during World War One, depicting a land girl guiding a plough across a field

Optical photo of the star Sirius using star filter
The two bright stars just below centre are Alpha Centauri (left) & Beta Centauri. To their right are the four stars forming the constellation of the Southern Cross, or Crux Australis

A team of working horses at work in the fields ploughing. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith Date: circa 1980

Horse Plough
Pair-horse single furrow ploughing in the autumn, on a farm in Essex, England

Wiltshire Landscape, 1937 (watercolour)
RAV33754 Wiltshire Landscape, 1937 (watercolour) by Ravilious, Eric (1903-42); 41.9x54.6 cm; Private Collection; English, out of copyright

Farmer and team of working horses plough a field
A team of two heavy horses plough a field, watched by a large crow and a pet springer spaniel. Watercolour painting by Malcom Greensmith Date: circa 1980

Saint Isidore, patron of the plowers. An angel helps Saint Isidore plow a field with a
XEE4176001 Saint Isidore, patron of the plowers. An angel helps Saint Isidore plow a field with a plow. 19th century. Engraving after the painting by Luc Olivier Merson (1846-1920)

Farmers Ploughing a field on Lealholm Hall Farm, Whitby. c. 1889 (photo)
3091121 Farmers Ploughing a field on Lealholm Hall Farm, Whitby. c.1889 (photo) by Sutcliffe, Frank Meadow (1853-1941); Private Collection; (add.info)

Farm for sale at Solva, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
A rather run-down farm for sale at Solva, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales. The windows are in a poor state, and one of them is boarded up

19th Century Ploughs
Kentish turn-wrest plough Old Norfolk plough Rotheram plough Paring plough Lord Somervilles double plough

Cincinnatus called from the plough
Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (519 BC-438 BC) is called from the plough to serve as Roman Consul

The Ploughman (Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy at the Plough), 1887, (1965). Creator: Il ya Repin
The Ploughman (Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy at the Plough), 1887, (1965). Portrait of Russian author Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) as a ploughman. Painting in the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Four-horse Ploughing team at work - South Downs, East Sussex
Sons of the soil - A four-horse Ploughing team at work in on the South Downs - East Sussex. Date: circa 1920s

The Scarecrow - WIlliam Kiddier
Oil on Canvas 63.5 x 76.2

Cooling Castle
The gateway of Cooling Castle, a 14th century fortress, viewed from across freshly ploughed fields, Kent, England. Date: 14th century

Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus) flock, winter plumage, following tractor ploughing stubble field, North Norfolk, England, february

Ursa Major constellation, Bode Star Atlas
Ursa Major constellation. This star map shows the northern hemisphere constellation of Ursa Major (the Great Bear) as published by the German astronomer Johann Elert Bode (1747-1826) in 1805

Badger hunters outside Plough Inn, Pyecombe, Sussex

Optical photo of the star Sirius using star filter
Gemini constellation. Stars of Castor (at centre) and Pollux (at lower centre) in the constellation of Gemini (the Twins)

Horse and plough, County Sligo, Connacht, Eire (Republic of Ireland), Europe

A pair of Suffolk Punch working horses pull a plough in a stubble field in Suffolk, England. A young woman leads the horses and a man handles the plough Date: 2010

Fortune allegorical representation of Abundance and fertility
JLJ4590989 Fortune allegorical representation of Abundance and fertility. A peasant plowing his field in the background. Detail

Ploughing, 1889 (1935). Artist: George Clausen
Ploughing, 1889 (1935). After the painting by Sir George Clausen, R.A. From Modern Masterpieces Part 19. [George Newnes Ltd, London, 1935]

Aurora borealis or northern lights and Ursa Major
Aurora Borealis. Green, yellow and red Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights display over clouds and trees. The plough in the constellation of Ursa Major is prominent at upper left

Plowing rice paddies with water buffalo
Using water buffalo to plow rice paddies in China. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

HOUS2A-00129
Pair of horses pulling a plow - calendar illustration for the month of March. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Farm Boy & Plough Horse
A farm boy leads two plough horses across a field

Cliff Yeomans of Ashbourne, West Hallam ploughing match. 15th September 1986

A pair of chestnut Suffolk Punch working horses in harness with blinkers, Suffolk, England Date: 2010

March - the Chateau de Lusignan, 15th century, (1939). Creators: Paul Limbourg, Jean Colombe
March - the Chateau de Lusignan, 15th century, (1939). Mars - Le Chateau De Lusignan. Agricultural activities: ploughing with oxen, pruning grape vines, a shepherd with sheep

The Genius of Poetry Finding Burns at the Plough, 1840. Artist: John Rogers
The Genius of Poetry Finding Burns at the Plough, 1840. Robert Burns, Scottish poet. Burns (1759-1796) was a pioneer of the Romantic movement

Waltham Abbey Haymaking
Haymaking with a horse and plough on a farm at Waltham Abbey, Essex, England. Date: early 1930s

Telling time at night using a nocturnal. The hour is obtained by measuring the angular position of the imaginary line joining the pointers in the constellation of the Plough to the Pole Star

Plough Lane NEW Stadium - AFC Wimbledon
Plough Lane – named the Cherry Red Records Stadium for sponsorship reasons – is a football stadium in Wimbledon, south-west London, which has been the home of AFC Wimbledon since 3 November 2020

LEON TOLSTOI LABOURANT, 1887 (oil on cardboard)
7215383 LEON TOLSTOI LABOURANT, 1887 (oil on cardboard) by Repin, Ilya Efimovich (1844-1930); Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia; (add.info.: 1887//Oil on cardboard At Iasnaya Polyana in August 1887)

Landscape with the Fall of Icarus, c. 1560. Artist: Bruegel (Brueghel), Pieter, the Elder (ca 1525-1569)
Landscape with the Fall of Icarus, c. 1560. Found in the collection of the Musees royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels

The Plough Inn, School Road, Trysull, England
The Plough Inn, School Road, Trysull, near Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England. Mary M Munday - Innkeeper. Date: 1913

NATI2A-00174
Pueblo farmer plowing the soil near Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Lifting Potatoes
Potato lifting using horses and plough, near Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire

The Ploughing Match, 1813 (oil on canvas)
WES239431 The Ploughing Match, 1813 (oil on canvas) by Weaver, Thomas (1774-1843); 70x89.5 cm; The Trustees of the Weston Park Foundation

Man ploughing with gas mask, September 1939
Man photographed as he ploughs his field in Surrey. The Sphere notes his gas mask which he hangs from the handle of his plough. Date: 1939

Harrowing on the South Downs near Willmington, Sussex, (w / c on paper)
BOU203100 Harrowing on the South Downs near Willmington, Sussex, (w/c on paper) by Swanwick, Joseph Harold (1866-1929); 50.8x76.2 cm; Private Collection; Bourne Gallery, Reigate, Surrey; English

Ploughed fields (The furrows), 1888. Artist: Gogh, Vincent, van (1853-1890)
Ploughed fields (The furrows), 1888. Found in the collection of the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

Foxley & Plough Lanes, Purley, Surrey
Foxley & Plough Lanes, Purley, near Wallington, Surrey, England. Showing Horse & Carts Date: 1905

Appearance of the Hot-Air Balloon of Jean Pierre Blanchard (1753-1809) between Calais and Boulogne
XIR172684 Appearance of the Hot-Air Balloon of Jean Pierre Blanchard (1753-1809) between Calais and Boulogne, 1785 (coloured engraving) by French School, (18th century); Musee de la Ville de Paris

Silhouette of ploughmen with oxen, Colca Canyon, Peru

The Plough Team, 1905 (w / c on paper)
XPG359497 The Plough Team, 1905 (w/c on paper) by Atkinson, John (1863-1924); Private Collection; English, out of copyright

Farmworker Takes Break
A British farmworker and his dog take a well-earned break from the plough

Farmer ploughing near Sonning Common, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Pole Star and Plough
The constellation of the PLOUGH, and the POLE STAR

Farming in Middle Ages
A farming scene in the middle ages (allegedly England, but more likely Germany) showing a farmer with a horse-drawn plough carving up his field, a watermill and cattle

THE PLOUGH AT KENSAL GREEN, 1820. London, UK, 19th century engraving
THE " PLOUGH" AT KENSAL GREEN, 1820. London, UK, 19th century engraving

A snow plough on Kirkstone Pass in the Lake District UK
Ashley Cooper / SpecialistStock

Traditional Plowing at Vinales Valley, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Pinar del Rio Province, Cuba

Joseph II ploughing the field near Slawikowitz in southern Moravia on August 19, 1769 (colour lithograph)
498868 Joseph II ploughing the field near Slawikowitz in southern Moravia on August 19, 1769 (colour lithograph) by European School (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Spring (colour litho)
8633259 Spring (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Spring. Illustration for The Children's Object Book (Frederick Warne)

Spring (colour litho)
8633180 Spring (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Spring. Illustration for The Children's Object Book (Frederick Warne)

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Seal depicting man with oxen, -360 BC (red jasper)
7309964 Seal depicting man with oxen, -360 BC (red jasper); 1.8 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; (add.info.: Display: stone (red jasper)); © Ashmolean Museum

Illustration depicting a 19th century, draining (drainage) plough and different drain types
5311486 Illustration depicting a 19th century, draining (drainage) plough and different drain types; (add.info.: Date: 1862); Universal History Archive/UIG

MADONNA della Pace: Notre-Dame de la Paix, priez pour nous!, 1915 (chromolithograph)
6203183 MADONNA della Pace: Notre-Dame de la Paix, priez pour nous!, 1915 (chromolithograph); (add.info.: MADONNA della Pace: Notre-Dame de la Paix, priez pour nous!)

Portrait of emigrant life in North America, 19th century
7261204 Portrait of emigrant life in North America, 19th century.; Private Collection; (add.info.: A portrait of emigrant life in North America in the 19th century. Top: On the Road)

Peasants, 1928 (oil on canvas)
LAF470863 Peasants, 1928 (oil on canvas) by Brusselmans, Jean (1884-1953); 150.2x149.8 cm; Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent, Belgium; © Art in Flanders

Page from The Bible Emblem Anniversary Book (colour litho)
8630792 Page from The Bible Emblem Anniversary Book (colour litho) by Foster, William (1852-1924); Private Collection; (add.info)

Steam ploughing with a traction engine and anchor (litho)
8663706 Steam ploughing with a traction engine and anchor (litho) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Steam ploughing with a traction engine and anchor)

Wild Life in East Anglia: Black-Headed Gulls following the Plough (colour litho)
8675620 Wild Life in East Anglia: Black-Headed Gulls following the Plough (colour litho) by Southgate, Frank (1872-1916); Private Collection; (add.info.: Black-Headed Gulls following the Plough)

Agriculture: Farmer driving a horse-drawn plow around 1890. Colour engraving of the 19th century
NWI4825367 Agriculture: Farmer driving a horse-drawn plow around 1890. Colour engraving of the 19th century; (add.info.: Agriculture: Farmer driving a horse-drawn plow around 1890)

Feodalite: peasants (serfs) using a plow drawn by oxen to plow a field. Around 1340
NWI4892860 Feodalite: peasants (serfs) using a plow drawn by oxen to plow a field. Around 1340. Colourful engraving after an illustration of the Middle Ages.; (add.info.: Feodalite)

Egypt, Cairo: near Cairo, ploughing with two oxen held by a yoke using a primitive wood plough, 1900
LUX4777725 Egypt, Cairo: near Cairo, ploughing with two oxen held by a yoke using a primitive wood plough, 1900; (add.info.: Egypt, Cairo: near Cairo)

Egypt, Cairo: near Cairo, ploughing with two oxen held by a yoke using a primitive wood plough, 1900
LUX4777696 Egypt, Cairo: near Cairo, ploughing with two oxen held by a yoke using a primitive wood plough, 1900; (add.info.: Egypt, Cairo: near Cairo)

Ploughing and sowing seed, 1775
3480659 Ploughing and sowing seed, 1775; (add.info.: Ploughing and sowing seed, scene, from the 1775 edition of Oeconomie generale de la campagne, ou Nouvelle maison rustique, Paris, 1700)

A harrow being used to implement for breaking up and smoothing out the surface of the soil
3740746 A harrow being used to implement for breaking up and smoothing out the surface of the soil; (add.info.: Hand tinted lithograph depicting a harrow being used to implement for breaking up)

The trial use of the steam plough The Enterprise
3740743 The trial use of the steam plough The Enterprise'; (add.info.: Illustration depicting the trial use of the steam plough The Enterprise designed by Lord Dunmore)

A moveable anchor vehicle used in farming
3732425 A moveable anchor vehicle used in farming; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a moveable anchor vehicle for use at one end of a field to act as a pulley block for rope to which a plough is)

A water cart for replenish the boiler of a steam engine used in mechanical ploughing
3732414 A water cart for replenish the boiler of a steam engine used in mechanical ploughing; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a water cart for replenish the boiler of a steam engine used in)

A self-moving anchor for use in mechanical ploughing
3732420 A self-moving anchor for use in mechanical ploughing; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a self-moving anchor for use in mechanical ploughing with steam engine at one side of field)

A plough for steam ploughing equipment
3732412 A plough for steam ploughing equipment; (add.info.: Illustration of a plough for steam ploughing equipment. The plough being fixed to a rope and able to make a furrow travelling backwards)

Anglo Saxon agriculture: four-wheel wagon 107, two-wheel wagon 108, plough 109, shovel, scythe and hammer 110, sickle
FLO4702412 Anglo Saxon agriculture: four-wheel wagon 107, two-wheel wagon 108, plough 109, shovel, scythe and hammer 110, sickle, rake and fork 111, harvest cart 112

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"Ploughing with Shire Horses: Preserving Tradition in Derbyshire, England" Step back in time to the picturesque countryside of Derbyshire, England, where the ancient art of ploughing is kept alive by majestic Shire horses. These magnificent creatures form a powerful team as they pull the plough through fertile fields, their strength and grace captivating all who witness this timeless spectacle. During the annual Ploughing Match, a celebration of agricultural heritage, teams of Shire horses take center stage. With their muscles rippling under their sleek coats, these gentle giants demonstrate an unwavering dedication to their task. The bond between horse and handler is evident as they work harmoniously together to till the land. Intriguingly captured on a Women's Land Army poster from World War II era, we see how these loyal companions were instrumental in supporting food production efforts during challenging times. Their contribution was invaluable and symbolized resilience and unity. Legend has it that even celestial beings recognize the importance of ploughing. Depicted in an enchanting artwork featuring Saint Isidore - patron saint of plowers - an angel lends a helping hand as he guides his trusty steeds across vast fields. This portrayal reminds us that farming traditions are deeply rooted not only within communities but also within spiritual beliefs. Venturing beyond earthly realms, an optical photo reveals Sirius - known as the Dog Star - shimmering brightly against a star filter backdrop. Just like these stars illuminate our skies at nightfall; working horses illuminate our landscapes with their tireless efforts throughout history. A glimpse into Wiltshire Landscape 1937 watercolor painting transports us to another era where rolling hills meet endless horizons dotted with horse-drawn ploughs diligently tending to nature's bounty. It serves as a testament to both human ingenuity and Mother Nature's generosity intertwined seamlessly for centuries past. The significance of ploughs extends beyond the fields, as exemplified by the tale of Cincinnatus.