Ploughing 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

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

Fowlers Steam Engine
Fowlers patent engine and windlass for steam-ploughing

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

Landscape with the Fall of Icarus, c. 1555 (oil on canvas)
XIR3675 Landscape with the Fall of Icarus, c.1555 (oil on canvas) by Bruegel, Pieter the Elder (c.1525-69); 73.5x112 cm; Musees Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels

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)

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

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

Decorated shire horses pulling a plough in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Tractor ploughing fields in Blockley, The Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

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

Le Sillon
Poster for Le Sillon, Belgium

Ploughing up England
Map showing the extent of the Ploughing Up England Campaign designed to maximise farm produce during World War Two

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

The Ridgeway K930754
THE RIDGEWAY, Wiltshire. The Downs south of Avebury. Rural landscape with tractor in field and copse of trees on the horizon

Engraving depicting two labourers building a dry stone wall somewhere in the English countryside
UIG5426328 Engraving depicting two labourers building a dry stone wall somewhere in the English countryside. Dated 19th Century ©UIG/Leemage

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]

Two small children on a tractor, 1949
Children on a David Brown Cropmaster at Petworth Ploughing Match George Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref No: Garland N33057

Oxen ploughing field with woman behind, Zambia, Africa

McLaren Ploughing Engine BD5504
McLaren Ploughing Engine, regn. BD5504, number 1552, Hero. Built by J&H McLaren & Co. at Hunslet in 1919, powered by a 16 Nhp compound steam engine. Date: 1970s-1980s

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

Ploughing in Lasswade, 1949
Ploughing in progress near Lasswade against the background of the snow covered Pentland Hills 1949

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

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

Drilling mangels beneath the South Downs at Storrington, 1928
Photograph by George Garland Garland Collection West Sussex Record Office Ref No: Garland N1297

Farming MAW 5 Gulls following plough. South Downs, Essex UK © Maurice Walker / ARDEA LONDON
MAW-5 Farming - Gulls following plough. South Downs, Essex UK Maurice Walker Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Ploughing and Dibbing Beans
Artist: British (English) School - Title: Ploughing and Dibbing Beans - Date: N/A - Original Medium and Size: Oil on Canvas 43.2 x 61

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

Silhouette of ploughmen with oxen, Colca Canyon, Peru

Garrett and Sons double-cylinder steam ploughing engine and tackle. From A Concise History of The International Exhibition of 1862, published 1862

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

Farmers at work in rice paddies, Ghandruk, Pokhara, Annapurna area, Nepal, Asia

Tractor Ploughing
A tractor ploughing over autumn stubble beneath ominous electricity grid pylons on a farm in Suffolk, England

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

Kentish Cider Drinkers
After a hard morning ploughing, two Kentish farm workers take a well earned break and pour themselves a mug of cider from a pottery flask

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

Ploughing scene in Cheshire
A ploughing scene in Cheshire, 1948

Ploughing at Betsham Farm near Gravesend during the drought of 1955

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

Fowler Ploughing Engine number: 15451, 'Victory'
Fowler BB1-class Ploughing Engine number: 15451, 'Victory', regn SD 9378, at Newark on 12 June 1971. Date: 1971

Fowler Ploughing Engine number: 15182, 'Achilles'
Fowler BB1-class Ploughing Engine number: 15182, 'Achilles', regn HO 5869, at Banbury on 26 May 1974. Date: 1974

Fowler Ploughing Engine number: 15436 'Princess Mary', regn NO1364, at Harewood House on 28 August 1972. (John Fowler & Co Engineers of Leathley Road, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire)

Garrett Ploughing Tractor 33180, 'The Joker' (aka 'The Suffolk Punch'), regn BJ 4483, One of four built; the first direct ploughing steam traction engine. Seen at Stourpaine on 26 September 1976

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)

Farmers at Work, Northern Song Dynasty, 960-1279 (wall painting)
NIC110112 Farmers at Work, Northern Song Dynasty, 960-1279 (wall painting); Mogao Caves, Dunhuang, Gansu Province, NW China

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)

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

Engraving depicting a farm labourer carrying a pitchfork whilst speaking to some of the townsfolk
UIG5426325 Engraving depicting a farm labourer carrying a pitchfork whilst speaking to some of the townsfolk. Dated 19th Century ©UIG/Leemage

Engraving depicting a French labourer walking with some tools. Dated 19th Century ©UIG/Leemage
UIG5426319 Engraving depicting a French labourer walking with some tools. Dated 19th Century ©UIG/Leemage

Engraving depicting the principles of leverage. Dated 16th Century
UIG5426035 Engraving depicting the principles of leverage. Dated 16th Century; UIG

Calendar: representation of the month of October: agricultural work. The two zodiacal signs of the month are depicted
FGL5474181 Calendar: representation of the month of October: agricultural work. The two zodiacal signs of the month are depicted on the right: scorpion and scales

German settlement in 19th century America. (print)
7419899 German settlement in 19th century America. (print); (add.info.: A German settlement in 19th century America. After a work by F); Photo © Ken Welsh. All rights reserved 2024

Occupational safety in 1880, respirator for chemical laboratories, breathing apparatus, historical illustration
UIG5414434 Occupational safety in 1880, respirator for chemical laboratories, breathing apparatus, historical illustration, wood engraving, about 1888; UIG

Occupational safety in 1880, smoke hood, historical illustration, wood engraving, about 1888
UIG5414418 Occupational safety in 1880, smoke hood, historical illustration, wood engraving, about 1888; UIG

Japanese Workers Using A Rice Mill In Japan In The 19Th Century. From El Mundo En La Mano Published 1875
UIG5420660 Japanese Workers Using A Rice Mill In Japan In The 19Th Century. From El Mundo En La Mano Published 1875 ©UIG/Leemage

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

Pipe, Play, Play, Plow, Plum, Pole, Pond, Post, Pray, Prop, Puff, Pull (engraving)
8650004 Pipe, Play, Play, Plow, Plum, Pole, Pond, Post, Pray, Prop, Puff, Pull (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pipe, Play, Play, Plow, Plum)

The British Empire, 1920s: India (colour litho)
8657398 The British Empire, 1920s: India (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: India)

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)

Dictionary: Harrow (engraving)
8636620 Dictionary: Harrow (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Harrow. Illustration for A Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Crabb (3rd edn)

100 old time Bible words (litho)
8673197 100 old time Bible words (litho) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: 100 old time Bible words)

Advertising booklet for the Syracuse Chilled Plow Company, Syracuse, New York (chromolitho)
8677788 Advertising booklet for the Syracuse Chilled Plow Company, Syracuse, New York (chromolitho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Peeps into the life of early mankind (litho)
8676268 Peeps into the life of early mankind (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Peeps into the life of early mankind)

Ploughing (colour litho)
8665911 Ploughing (colour litho) by Ball, Wilfrid Williams (1853-1917); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ploughing. Illustration for English Country Life by Walter Raymond (TN Foulis)

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)

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"Preserving Tradition: Ploughing with Shire Horses in Derbyshire, England" In the picturesque countryside of Derbyshire, England, a timeless tradition unfolds as majestic shire horses gracefully pull the plough through fertile fields. This age-old practice showcases the deep-rooted connection between humans and animals in agriculture. During the annual Ploughing Match, a magnificent team of shire horses takes center stage. Their sheer strength and elegance captivate onlookers as they navigate the land with precision and power. The rhythmic sound of hooves against soil echoes across the landscape, reminding us of a simpler time when horsepower was truly measured by these noble creatures. As we delve into history, we stumble upon an iconic Women's Land Army poster that depicts women fearlessly guiding horse-drawn ploughs during World War II. These resilient individuals stepped up to fill vital roles on farms while men were away at war – their contribution forever etched in our collective memory. Reflecting back even further, Bruegel's masterpiece "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" comes to mind; amidst this bustling scene depicting everyday life, one can almost imagine farmers diligently tending to their fields using similar techniques passed down through generations. The evolution of technology is evident too – from traditional horse-drawn ploughs to Fowlers Steam Engine revolutionizing farming practices. Yet despite advancements, there remains something enchanting about witnessing a farmer alongside his trusty team of working horses harmoniously turning over rich earth. Photographs from Lealholm Hall Farm transport us back to 1889 when hardworking farmers harnessed nature's strength for agricultural progress. In those days before tractors dominated fields worldwide, it was these loyal equine companions who shared in every triumph and challenge faced by their human counterparts. Today we pay homage to these enduring traditions as well as those who tirelessly preserve them.