Reaper Collection

Prohibition Ball 1918

Cartoon, Triumph of De-Jenner-Action 1898
Grim reaper holding the vaccination act. A new Vaccination Act removed these penalties and introduced a new clause known as the conscientious objector clause that allowed parents who did not believe

Death, the grim reaper. Turkish army defeated by Cholera, not by enemy, approaching Luleburgaz in disorder: 100 deaths per day. Illustration from Le Petit Journal, Paris, 1 December 1912

McCORMICK HARVESTER. Demonstration of the horse-drawn harvester and binder invented by Cyrus Hall McCormick. Undated photograph

PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, 1880. Farmer Garfield Cutting a Swath to the White House. James Garfield as the 1880 Republican Party candidate for President on a lithograph poster by Currier & Ives, 1880

Grim Reaper Death Allegories 1883 Depicted Top
grim, reaper, death, allegories, 1883, depicted, top, world, history, historical, 10025778

Gloster Meteor Mk. 8 - Mk. 7 combination G-ANSO
Gloster Meteor Mk.8 - Mk.7 combination (ex GAF) G-ANSO, at the 1954 SBAC Farnborough air-show. Built as an F Mk.8 airframe with strengthened outer wings, the Ground Attack Fighter (GAF) aka Reaper

Summer (From the series The Four Seasons), c. 1644. Artist: Teniers, David, the Younger (1610-1690)
Summer (From the series The Four Seasons), c. 1644. Found in the collection of the National Gallery, London

The Grim Reaper
Death personified as The Grim Reaper

The Harvest Moon, 1833 (oil on paper laid on panel)
XYC162467 The Harvest Moon, 1833 (oil on paper laid on panel) by Palmer, Samuel (1805-81); 22.2x27.6 cm; Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, USA; English, out of copyright

Horse Drawn Haymaking
Turning the hay using a a pony- drawn reaper, near Reigate, Surrey

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)

Reaper Pausing for a Drink, 1887 (engraving)
1574813 Reaper Pausing for a Drink, 1887 (engraving); (add.info.: Reaper pausing for a drink in the harvest field. Engraving, London, 1887.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Battle of Mission Ridge, 1863
1580712 Battle of Mission Ridge, 1863; (add.info.: Battle of Mission Ridge, Nov. 25th, 1863, presented with the compliments of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company)

Tarot Card of Death, the grim reaper, noblet tarot. 17th century (object)
534308 Tarot Card of Death, the grim reaper, noblet tarot. 17th century (object); (add.info.: Tarot pack of 22 cards was used in fortune telling.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Wilhelm II (1859-1941) Emperor of Germany 1888-1918, mailed fist on War Map, looks at sand glass labelled Summer 1918
528344 Wilhelm II (1859-1941) Emperor of Germany 1888-1918, mailed fist on War Map, looks at sand glass labelled Summer 1918, while Father Time, the Grim Reaper is ready to strike. World War I

Photograph of the great Canadian reaper drawn by thirty horses
3521985 Photograph of the great Canadian reaper drawn by thirty horses; (add.info.: Photograph of the great Canadian reaper drawn by thirty horses. Dated 19th Century); Universal History Archive/UIG.

The McCormick's Improved Advance Reaper
3732442 The McCormick's Improved Advance Reaper; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the McCormick's Improved Advance Reaper. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Cyrus McCormick's reaper and binder, an improvement on the model patented in 1831 which was a reaper only
530769 Cyrus McCormick's reaper and binder, an improvement on the model patented in 1831 which was a reaper only. Wood engraving 1877.; Universal History Archive/UIG.

Horse-drawn self-binding reaping machine by Walter A Woods, 1877 (engraving)
527909 Horse-drawn self-binding reaping machine by Walter A Woods, 1877 (engraving); (add.info.: An advance on McCormick's reaper of the 1830s which left the cut corn lying in swathes for)

Cyrus McCormick's reaping machine (America, 1831), the first mechanical reaper to be generally adopted
538092 Cyrus McCormick's reaping machine (America, 1831), the first mechanical reaper to be generally adopted. Engraving 1862; (add.info.: Cyrus McCormick's reaping machine (America, 1831)

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

Beauties of England and Wales - "A Reaper", Worcestershire - by J. Absolon - exhibited in the New Water Colour Gallery, 1856. Engraving of a painting

The Four Seasons: Summer, 1607. Creator: Grimmer, Abel (1570-1619)
The Four Seasons: Summer, 1607. Found in the collection of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp

Cherub reapers, c1850. Creator: Ecole Francaise
Cherub reapers, c1850

Roadsign at Steele's Tavern, Virginia, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Roadsign at Steele's Tavern, Virginia. [A51 - Virginia Inventors - A mile and a half northwest, Cyrus H. McCormick perfected, in 1831, the Grain Reaper. In that vicinity, in 1856, J. A. E

Reclining Reaper, n.d. Creator: Joshua Cristall
Reclining Reaper, n.d

The International Exhibition: Ransome and Sims agricultural machinery, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Ransome and Sims agricultural machinery - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1862

RAF Reaper MQ-9 Remotely Piloted Air System
A Reaper MQ-9 Remotely Piloted Air System (RPAS) prepares for take-off in Afghanistan. Remotely Piloted Air System (RPAS) are growing in importance

Reapers, 1910. Artist: Leon-Augustin Lhermitte
Reapers, 1910. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

The Apache Reaper [gathering wheat], c1906. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The Apache Reaper [gathering wheat], c1906. Apache woman harvesting wheat with a hand sickle

Reaper Remotely Piloted Air System
A Royal Air Force Reaper RPAS (Remotely Piloted Air System) at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan. 904 Expeditionary Air Wing (904 EAW)

Earliest practical reaper harvester invented by Rev Patrick Bell Date: 1828

The Reaper
A woodblock print portrayal of a farmer an rest, with his reaping scythe laid on the floor beside him. Date: circa 1923

The Grim Reaper, by John Everett Millais
The Grim Reaper by John Everett Millais Date: 1895

Suffragettes Die Ghouls of Fleet Street
The Grim Reaper with the Press Barons, who cry Let the Women Die! Date: June 12th 1914

Old Man Men Life Death Grim Reaper Oval Memento
old, man, men, life, death, grim, reaper, oval, memento, mori, skeleton, carrying, scythe, reminder, mortality, 11075719

Cartoon, Now you have peace, WW1
Cartoon, a figure of death says: Your wishes are granted, now you have peace. A silhouette of Kaiser Wilhelm hangs from a gibbet, with a flock of vultures gathering around his body. Date: 1916

DEATHLY SUNDIAL
An unusual sundial head in a niche over the church porch at Sheepstor, Devon, England, dating from 1640. It reads (in Latin): Life is but an Hour, Death is the Gate to Life'. Date: 17th century

French satire on Otto von Bismarck with grim reaper 1892
Otto Eduard Leopold Bismarck(1815-1898), Prussian statesman and first chancellor of the German Empire. Depicted here in a French satire entitled "L'Aveu"

ANGEL OF DEATH
The Reaper and the Flowers - the Angel of Death carries a little baby, which it proposes to take up to Heaven Date: 1851

Death personified on a Tarot card
Death personified as a skeleton with a scythe on a Tarot card. Date: 1926

The Reapers, 1860 (oil on canvas)
GLS219838 The Reapers, 1860 (oil on canvas) by Breton, Jules (1827-1906); 74.9x111.7 cm; Art Gallery and Museum, Kelvingrove, Glasgow, Scotland; © CSG CIC Glasgow Museums Collection

Death, the grim reaper. Turkish army defeated by Cholera, not by enemy, 1912 (print)
536529 Death, the grim reaper. Turkish army defeated by Cholera, not by enemy, 1912 (print) by French School, (20th century); (add.info.: Death, the grim reaper)

General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper
Royal Air Force - General Atomics RQ-9A Reaper of No.39 squadron. Date: circa 2010

Ms 438 The Month of June: Reaping, from a Book of Hours, 1490 (vellum)
CHT202249 Ms 438 The Month of June: Reaping, from a Book of Hours, 1490 (vellum) by French School, (15th century); Bibliotheque de L'Arsenal, Paris, France; © Archives Charmet

The siege of the city of Barcelona by troops of King Philip IV during the Reapers War of 1640-52 (engraving)
354836 The siege of the city of Barcelona by troops of King Philip IV during the Reapers War of 1640-52 (engraving) by Spanish School, (17th century); Museo de Historia de la Ciudad, Barcelona

The Bloody Corpus, 1894 (colour litho)
354814 The Bloody Corpus, 1894 (colour litho) by Spanish School, (19th century); (add.info.: Death of the Dalmau de Queralt)

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"Reaper: A Journey Through Time and History" Step back in time to the Prohibition Ball of 1918, where flappers danced and jazz filled the air. Amidst the revelry, a mysterious figure emerged - The Reaper. This enigmatic character seemed to embody both life and death, captivating all who crossed paths with him. But this was not the first appearance of The Reaper. Rewind to 1898, when a political cartoon titled "Triumph of De-Jenner-Action" depicted The Reaper as a symbol of progress in eradicating diseases through vaccination. Even further back, we find ourselves witnessing an awe-inspiring demonstration of the horse-drawn harvester and binder invented by McCormick Harvester. This invention revolutionized agriculture, forever changing how farmers harvested their crops. In 1880, during James Garfield's presidential campaign, Farmer Garfield himself was portrayed cutting a swath towards the White House on a lithograph poster by Currier & Ives. Little did they know that The Reaper would become an enduring symbol associated with this historic election. Traveling even deeper into history brings us to "The Harvest Moon" painted in 1833. This masterpiece captures nature's beauty while hinting at The Reaper lurking in its shadows. Horse-drawn haymaking scenes transport us to simpler times when hardworking farmers relied on traditional methods for their livelihoods. Among them stood The Grim Reaper – ever-present yet elusive. Delving into historical records reveals that it was Cyrus McCormick who created one of the earliest practical reaper harvesters - forever changing farming practices worldwide. His invention marked a turning point in agricultural history and solidified The Reaper's place as an emblematic figure. John Everett Millais' haunting painting aptly named "The Grim Reaper" showcases death personified amidst fields of golden wheat - reminding us that life is fleeting and fragile. Fast forward to suffragette movements in the early 20th century, where women fought for their rights.