Ploughing Collection (page 20)

Labourer and Peasant Planting Potatoes, 1884 (oil on canvas)
XIR166547 Labourer and Peasant Planting Potatoes, 1884 (oil on canvas) by Gogh, Vincent van (1853-90); 70.5x170 cm; Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal

Oxen standing on a dry field yoked to a handmade carved wooden plough, Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal, Asia

Two pictures on the L. C. C. housing estate at St Pauls Cray, Kent where houses where
Two pictures on the L.C.C. housing estate at St Pauls Cray, Kent where houses where being built at a rate of 30/40 per week to house the thousands of homeless workers of London

Farmer ploughing
A farmer with a very old fashioned three horse plough, Ural, beginning of 1900s. Date: 1900s

Suffolk Punch, close-up of heads, two ploughing, All Wales Vintage Ploughing Match, near Walton, Powys, Wales

Tractor ploughing field in late winter with Black-headed Gulls following plough North Norfolk

Gulls following a plough at Buckenham in the Yare Valley Norfolk winter

Robert Burns as the Ploughman Poet
Scottish poet Robert Burns (1759 - 1796) working as a ploughman, which inspired his poem To A Mountain Daisy : " Wee, modest, crimson-tipped flow r

Indigo Cultivation / India
The cultivation of indigo in India. Ploughing in the factory zyraths

Women in the Fields France 1915, World War I. Henri Laurent Mouren (1844-1926) French painter. Woman and boy ploughing with horse and dog harnessed together. Two graves marked by crosses, left

Man ploughing, Candidasa, Eastern Bali, Indonesia

A man ploughs his fields with oxen. Situated close to the River Nile, his land is irrigated through a series of ditches and furrows

Fan design - The Seasons - Spring. circa 1900s

Flock of seagulls on a ploughed field
Seagulls swoop onto a newly ploughed field in the hope of finding food. 1960s

Land Girl cartoon, WWII
" But you don t understand, you silly man? - There was a wasp!" An indignant member of the Womens Land Army argues with an irate farmer after going somewhat off course in a field she is

Ploughing Wimbledon Car Park
The committee at the All-England Tennis Club decided to dig for victory, converting their grass car park into farmland. Club Secretary Norah Cleather can be seen checking on the progress. 1940

Ploughing with horses
Man ploughing a field with two shire horses. circa 1910

Church and rectory at Lutzelfluh, Switzerland
View across farmland toward the Church and rectory at Lutzelfluh in the administrative district of Emmental in the Swiss canton of Bern, Switzerland. circa 1910s

Ploughing in Western Canada - Farmer and son take a break Date: 1919

Farmer ploughing with Camel and Ox - Egypt
Farmer ploughing with a rather miss-matched pairing of a Camel and an Ox - Egypt. Date: circa 1910s

Animals at a French Zoo - Horse and Ox Ploughing - Field being Ploughed. Part of Box 209 Boswell collection - Old and New French Zoo. Date: circa 1900

Ploughing With a Fordson Motor Tractor - a man is ploughing with a tractor in a field, looked on by two other men, one of whom is in army uniform. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Glenaan, a Co. Antrim Glen - a view of people ploughing in the foreground, to the mountain in the distance. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Glenaan). Date: circa early 1900s

Ploughing with oxen, China, circa 1880. Date: circa 1880

Ruston steam engine, vineyard in Penedes, Catalonia, Spain
Ruston steam engine in operation at the Marques de Monistrol cava-producing vineyard in the Penedes district of Catalonia, Spain. The machine had a straw-burning engine and was used for ploughing

Monks ploughing the land with oxen. Germany. 1872. Colored engraving

Myanmar - Ploughing Paddy Fields with teams of Oxen - possibly as part of a competition. Date: circa 1910s

Christmas card, WW2 Home Front. 1940s

Book of Trades, The Husbandman. 1841

Esben-El-Ekiad / Egypt
Esbet-el-Ekiad - Land of the Goshen. Date: 1904

Ploughing, Elephant
Ploughing with an elephant, preparing the ground for planting sugar cane Date: 1847

Ploughing, Egypt
A farmer ploughs his fields with a pair of oxen in the cool of early dawn Date: 1904

Pioneer settlers ploughing under guard. Date: early 19th century

Ploughing with oxen in Tuscany, Italy Date: 1918

Highland Railway - Drummond Locomotives Ploughing the Snow, Probably at Altnabreac, near Halkirk, Sutherland, Scotland. Date: 1910s

Farming: Ploughing with Oxen, Gloucestershire, England. Date: 1900s

WW2 Christmas card with farming scene of ploughing in a field, with the motto Carry On! Date: circa 1942

Conscientious objectors on Dartmoor
Conscientious objectors at Princetown Prison working on the Prince of Waless Duchy of Cornwall Estate (which included the prison)

Favourite Sayings - No plough, many weeds
Black and white lantern slide of painted image of vegetation in front of a fence while in the background a man is ploughing a field.. Part of Box 197 Sayings, Boswell Collection

Womens War Work WW1 Ploughing
Lithograph by A.S Hartrick (Archibald Standish Hartrick 1864-1950) entitled, Womens Work: On the Land Ploughing Two women undertaking agricultural work as they replaced men on active service as part

Pears Soap advertisement, land girl, 1918
Advertisement for Pears soap during the First World War, part of their Womanhood in Wartime, series, featuring a member of the Womens Land Army ploughing a field Date: 1918

Soldiers released by the War Office for land 1917
Helping to feed the nation: Convalescents ploughing hospital ground; a farm party. Upper photograph, shows convalescent soldiers at a hospital in one of the home countries

Farmers wife tractor ploughing 1917
Woman ploughing a parafin 16 h.p tractor, specially built for war time agriculture, capability of ploughing five archers a day. Date: 1917

War work for the elderly, WW1
An old farm labourer in Essex returns to the plough to help in the war effort during the First World War. The gentleman pictured was nearly eighty years of age and had several sons in the Army

The War Farmers by Ralph Cleaver
Page of illustrations depicting the trials and tribulations of women working on the land in place of men during the First World War

Rusticating with the Land Girl by Leonard P. Dowd
A page of sketches showing various activities of the Womens Land Army during the First World War including ploughing, threshing

Lady Drogheda as a plough girl, World War One
Lady Drogheda, formerly Kathleen Burn, dressed in a pictureseque dress to plough a field. The Countess of Drogheda, born Kathleen Moore Pelham Burn married the 10th Earl of Drogheda in 1909

Women workers in the war zone by H. L. Oakley
Silhouettes of French women workers made by Lieutenant (later Captain) H. L. Oakley in the area behind the firing line on the Western Front

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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.