Scythes Collection

The Harvesters, 1565. Creator: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
The Harvesters, 1565

Ordnance Survey map: Totley, 1876
Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile.Original at Sheffield Local Studies Library: Derbyshire sheet XI.15.Includes: Old Hay Brook, Grove House, Crown Inn, Hillfoot, Totley Bents, Cricket Inn, recreation ground

Draycott, Cotswold vllage, Oldborough Farm, men and scythes
Draycott, Cotswold village, Oldborough Farm, five men in field with scythes. Date: circa 1920

July - the Chateau at Poitiers, 15th century, (1939). Creator: Paul Limbourg
July - the Chateau at Poitiers, 15th century, (1939). Juillet - Le Chateau De Poitiers. Farm workers harvesting wheat with scythes and shearing sheep

June - the palace and the Sainte-Chapelle, 15th century, (1939). Creators: Hermann Limbourg
June - the palace and the Sainte-Chapelle, 15th century, (1939). Juin - Le Palais Et La Sainte-Chapelle. Barefoot peasants hay-making in the fields: men wield scythes as they cut the grass

Table with flower-patterned table-cloth, jewels and scythe, end of 19th century (colour woodblock print)
8603869 Table with flower-patterned table-cloth, jewels and scythe, end of 19th century (colour woodblock print) by Hokusai, Katsushika (1760-1849); 40.3 x 27.7 cm; Ashmolean Museum

Time Unveiling Truth, 1733 (oil on canvas)
8141803 Time Unveiling Truth, 1733 (oil on canvas) by Troy, Jean Francois de (1679-1752); 203 -- 208 cm; National Gallery, London, UK; (add.info.: By Jean-Francois de Troy)

Una in Aliam - 01-09-19
Corné Akkers

Summer (oil on panel)
471431 Summer (oil on panel) by Grimmer or Grimer, Abel (1570-1619); 33x47 cm; Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, Belgium; © Art in Flanders

F: Farmer -- Fork -- Reaper, 1890 (chromolithography)
7309665 F: Farmer -- Fork -- Reaper, 1890 (chromolithography) by French School, (19th century); 7, 6 x 11, 2 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Bognard illustrated alphabet)

Time revealing Truth (pen, ink &w/c on paper)
7292615 Time revealing Truth (pen, ink &w/c on paper) by Tiepolo, Giovanni Battista (Giambattista) (1696-1770); Museo Civico Palazzo Chiericati, Vicenza

Gotha, 1835 (engraving)
7262299 Gotha, 1835 (engraving) by Unknown Artist, (19th century); 9.4x14.9 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Captions Gotha and Aus d. Kunstanst. D. Bibliogr. Instit. In Hildbh)

Allegorical figure of Rome instructed by Time and Minerva. 1796 (engraving)
7236763 Allegorical figure of Rome instructed by Time and Minerva. 1796 (engraving) by Labrousse, L.F. (fl.1796); Private Collection; (add.info)

The skeleton of Death slashes a fishwife with a scythe. 1792. 1926 (engraving)
7234870 The skeleton of Death slashes a fishwife with a scythe. 1792. 1926 (engraving) by Chodowiecki, Daniel Nikolaus (1726-1801); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Peasants War, 1524-26 (engraving)
2788246 The Peasants War, 1524-26 (engraving) by Moreland, Arthur (1876-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Peasants War, 1524-26)

Conduct: cartoon on the appointment of the Chancellor of Germany (colour litho)
7201356 Conduct: cartoon on the appointment of the Chancellor of Germany (colour litho) by Wellner, Wilhelm Anton (1859-1939); Private Collection; (add.info.: Conduct)

Romulus is welcomed in Olympus by Jupiter. Detail of "Apotheosis of Romulus "1775 -1779, fresco
7225012 Romulus is welcomed in Olympus by Jupiter. Detail of " Apotheosis of Romulus " 1775 -1779, fresco by Rossi, Mariano (1731-1807); Villa Borghese, Rome

Farming of wheat and rye (coloured engraving)
7201005 Farming of wheat and rye (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Farming of wheat and rye)

Richmond Castle (engraving)
7188286 Richmond Castle (engraving) by Evans, Bernard Walter (1848-1922); Private Collection; (add.info.: Richmond Castle. Illustration for Home Words (1891).); © Look and Learn

A Shakespearean puzzle (engraving)
7200968 A Shakespearean puzzle (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Shakespearean puzzle: Timon of Athens)

Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Faux; Scythe; Sense (engraving)
7195973 Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Faux; Scythe; Sense (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Faux; Scythe; Sense)

Romulus is welcomed in Olympus by Jupiter. Detail of "Apotheosis of Romulus "1775 -1779, fresco
7225013 Romulus is welcomed in Olympus by Jupiter. Detail of " Apotheosis of Romulus " 1775 -1779, fresco by Rossi, Mariano (1731-1807); Villa Borghese, Rome

Saturn, god of time. Detail of "The council of the Gods"1624-1625. fresco
7224999 Saturn, god of time. Detail of " The council of the Gods" 1624-1625. fresco by Lanfranco, Giovanni (1582-1647); Villa Borghese, Rome, Italy; (add.info.: Saturn, god of time)

The Reaper (engraving)
7185202 The Reaper (engraving) by Damblans, Eugene (1865-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Reaper. Illustration for La Croix Illustree, 1901.); © Look and Learn

A Stitch in Time (engraving)
7177695 A Stitch in Time (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Stitch in Time. Illustration for The Comic Annual by Thomas Hood)

La Guerre des Paysans (Le Rassemblement), c. 1875 (oil on canvas)
621702 La Guerre des Paysans (Le Rassemblement), c.1875 (oil on canvas) by Meunier, Constantin Emile (1831-1905); 117x176 cm; Musees Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels

"What a Boom! What a Blast There Was From the Germans at Lomza
1068608 " What a Boom! What a Blast There Was From the Germans at Lomza!", 1915 (colour litho) by Malevich, Kazimir Severinovich (1878-1935); 37.5x55.9 cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas

The Harvest, c. 1895 (pen & ink with lead white gouache on paper)
1069482 The Harvest, c.1895 (pen & ink with lead white gouache on paper) by Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903); 19.1x20.6x2.5 cm; Dallas Museum of Art, Texas

Death and the Pale Horse, c. 1878 (oil on canvas)
2831173 Death and the Pale Horse, c.1878 (oil on canvas) by Watts, George Frederic (1817-1904); 64.6x52 cm; Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, UK; eBristol Museums

Free Harvesting in Free State, How It Began in Many Italian Campaigns (Colour Litho)
2798568 Free Harvesting in Free State, How It Began in Many Italian Campaigns (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Free Harvesting in Free State)

Fuchsia Wheat (colour litho)
2798215 Fuchsia Wheat (colour litho) by Italian School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fucense wheat. Illustration for Courier Sunday, 17 September 1899.); © Look and Learn

Twelve men went to mow
Twelve farmworkers hand mowing with scythes. Taken at Maldon Essex in 1907 Date: 1907

New Years card with Father Time (b / w photo)
3094359 New Years card with Father Time (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: New Years card with Father Time)

Repose (engraving)
1596637 Repose (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Repose. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 30 August 1890)

Weaponry designs, fol. 40v-a (pen and ink on paper)
XJF311643 Weaponry designs, fol. 40v-a (pen and ink on paper) by Vinci, Leonardo da (1452-1519); Private Collection; Italian, out of copyright

Fol 6v The Month of June: Haymaking, from the Breviarium Grimani, c
XIR365083 Fol 6v The Month of June: Haymaking, from the Breviarium Grimani, c.1515 (vellum) by Flemish School, (16th century); Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice

A Young Druidess (engraving)
1621767 A Young Druidess (engraving) by Haag, Carl (1820-1915) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Young Druidess. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 3 August 1878)

A Rest by the Way (engraving)
1624339 A Rest by the Way (engraving) by Knowles, Davidson (fl.1879-96) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Rest by the Way. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 28 April 1883)

Agriculture lesson (chromolitho)
964242 Agriculture lesson (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Agriculture lesson (La Lecon d agriculture), 15th-century France

Preparing for Croquet (engraving)
1105067 Preparing for Croquet (engraving) by Hughes, Edward (1829-1908); Private Collection; (add.info.: Preparing for Croquet)

A Harvest Festival in Capitanata (chromolitho)
735495 A Harvest Festival in Capitanata (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Harvest Festival in Capitanata)

Prague astronomical clocks calendar plate - June, 1865-66 (oil on copper plate)
1163584 Prague astronomical clocks calendar plate - June, 1865-66 (oil on copper plate) by MAanes, Josef (1820-71); Museum of the City of Prague

Time removing the Hero (engraving)
1618586 Time removing the Hero (engraving) by Harvey, William (1796-1866) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Time removing the Hero)

Relief depicting a cutlery shop (stone)
XIR215712 Relief depicting a cutlery shop (stone) by Roman, (2nd century AD); Museo della Civilta Romana, Rome, Italy; out of copyright

Summer: The Harvesters, 1623 (oil on panel)
5962783 Summer: The Harvesters, 1623 (oil on panel) by Brueghel, Pieter the Younger (c.1564-1638); 73x104.1 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Flemish, out of copyright

Sundersbuhl, residence of the Nutzel family, near Nuremberg, 1716 (engraving)
5233615 Sundersbuhl, residence of the Nutzel family, near Nuremberg, 1716 (engraving) by Delsenbach, Johann Adam (1687-1765); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sundersbuhl)

The Scythe Maker (engraving)
3646656 The Scythe Maker (engraving) by Amman, Jost (1539-91) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Scythe Maker. Illustration for Kulturgeschichtliches Bilderbuch aus drei Jahrhunderten by)

Battle for civil use in the Marche region, inhabitants of a village who attack the shepherds... (colour litho)
2815642 Battle for civil use in the Marche region, inhabitants of a village who attack the shepherds... (colour litho) by Beltrame

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"Unleashing the Power of Scythes: A Glimpse into History and Art" Step back in time to 1565, as Pieter Bruegel the Elder's masterpiece "The Harvesters" transports us to an era where scythes reigned supreme. The idyllic Cotswold village of Draycott comes alive with scenes from Oldborough Farm, men skillfully wielding their scythes amidst golden fields. Traveling further through history, we find ourselves in July at the majestic Chateau at Poitiers during the 15th century. Paul Limbourg's artwork captures the essence of this season, showcasing scythes as essential tools for harvesting bountiful crops. June takes us to a palace adorned with Sainte-Chapelle, beautifully depicted by Hermann Limbourg in 1939. Here, scythes symbolize both labor and artistry as they shape landscapes and bring forth abundance. In Una in Aliam on September 1st, 2019, witness firsthand the timeless tradition of cutting Calacht in Toome, Co. Antrim. The rhythmic motion of sharpening a scythe blade echoes through centuries since c. 1800 when this craft was perfected. Delve into ancient treasures like a stunning gold and turquoise bracelet from the 2nd century BC—a testament to how early civilizations valued these versatile tools beyond their practicality. Advertisements have always played a role in promoting quality products; George Barnsley and Sons' celebrated Rose brand scythes take center stage in Sheffield around 1900—an endorsement that stands true even today. Exploring Totley through an Ordnance Survey map from 1876 reveals how vital scythe-wielding communities were embedded within society—forging connections between people and land while shaping landscapes for generations to come. As Summer unfolds on canvas through oil paintings capturing its vibrant hues, let us not forget the great harlot of Babylon riding a seven-headed beast.