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"Ploughing with Shire Horses: Preserving Tradition in Derbyshire, England" Step back in time to the picturesque countryside of Derbyshire, England

Background imagePlough Collection: Autumn Landscape with a Flock of Turkeys, 1872-73 (oil on canvas)

Autumn Landscape with a Flock of Turkeys, 1872-73 (oil on canvas)
3469012 Autumn Landscape with a Flock of Turkeys, 1872-73 (oil on canvas) by Millet, Jean-Francois (1814-75); 81x99.1 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Background imagePlough Collection: St. Guido, mural from the crypt, c. 1480-1540 (fresco)

St. Guido, mural from the crypt, c. 1480-1540 (fresco)
XIR343435 St. Guido, mural from the crypt, c.1480-1540 (fresco) by Flemish School; St. Bavo Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium; Flemish, out of copyright

Background imagePlough Collection: Australia - Farming in New South Wales

Australia - Farming in New South Wales Date: circa 1910

Background imagePlough Collection: The sower, 1888

The sower, 1888. Found in the Collection of Foundation E. G. Bü hrle Collection, Zurich

Background imagePlough Collection: Cincinnatus leaving the plough to make laws in Rome, Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus

Cincinnatus leaving the plough to make laws in Rome, Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus, Roman dictator, 5th century BC

Background imagePlough Collection: The Ploughman, from Four and Twenty Toilers, pub. 1900 (colour lithograph)

The Ploughman, from Four and Twenty Toilers, pub. 1900 (colour lithograph). accompanies verse by E.V. Lucas (Edward Verrall Lucas) (1868 – 1938);

Background imagePlough Collection: I Feed You All!, c. 1875

I Feed You All!, c. 1875
I Feed You All!, published c.1875 (colour lithograph). Poster to promote the importance of farming in the United States of America

Background imagePlough Collection: American Homestead - Spring, pub. 1869, Currier & Ives (Colour Lithograph)

American Homestead - Spring, pub. 1869, Currier & Ives (Colour Lithograph)

Background imagePlough Collection: Farmer plowing water filled rice terrace with water buffalo, Longsheng, Guangxi Province

Farmer plowing water filled rice terrace with water buffalo, Longsheng, Guangxi Province, China

Background imagePlough Collection: Farmer with an ox-drawn plough, Dendera, Egypt

Farmer with an ox-drawn plough, Dendera, Egypt

Background imagePlough Collection: Spring

Spring. Private Collection

Background imagePlough Collection: Ploughed field, 1916

Ploughed field, 1916. Private Collection

Background imagePlough Collection: Red Ploughman, 1920

Red Ploughman, 1920. Found in the collection of Russian State Library, Moscow

Background imagePlough Collection: The sower, 1913. Artist: Munch, Edvard (1863-1944)

The sower, 1913. Artist: Munch, Edvard (1863-1944)
The sower, 1913. Private Collection

Background imagePlough Collection: The Emperor of China with a plough. (The Chinese Emperor ploughs the first furrow to honour)

The Emperor of China with a plough. (The Chinese Emperor ploughs the first furrow to honour agricult Artist: Rode)
The Emperor of China with a plough. (The Chinese Emperor ploughs the first furrow to honour agriculture), ca 1773. Found in the collection of Staatliche Museen, Berlin

Background imagePlough Collection: Ploughing the fields, Crimea, 1865. Artist: Aivazovsky, Ivan Konstantinovich (1817-1900)

Ploughing the fields, Crimea, 1865. Artist: Aivazovsky, Ivan Konstantinovich (1817-1900)
Ploughing the fields, Crimea, 1865. Private Collection

Background imagePlough Collection: Peasants ploughing (Miniature from the Cotton MS Tiberius), 11th century. Artist: Anonymous

Peasants ploughing (Miniature from the Cotton MS Tiberius), 11th century. Artist: Anonymous
Peasants ploughing (Miniature from the Cotton MS Tiberius), 11th century. Found in the collection of British Library

Background imagePlough Collection: Peasants ploughing (From the Luttrell Psalter), ca 1330. Artist: Anonymous

Peasants ploughing (From the Luttrell Psalter), ca 1330. Artist: Anonymous
Peasants ploughing (From the Luttrell Psalter), ca 1330. Found in the collection of British Library

Background imagePlough Collection: The sower. Artist: Gogh, Vincent, van (1853-1890)

The sower. Artist: Gogh, Vincent, van (1853-1890)
The sower. Found in the collection of Kroller-Muller Museum, Otterlo

Background imagePlough Collection: Man with a Hoe, 1860-1861. Artist: Millet, Jean-Francois (1814-1875)

Man with a Hoe, 1860-1861. Artist: Millet, Jean-Francois (1814-1875)
Man with a Hoe, 1860-1861. Found in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Background imagePlough Collection: Landscape with the Fall of Icarus

Landscape with the Fall of Icarus. Found in the collection of Nationalmuseum Stockholm

Background imagePlough Collection: Soil preparation for linseed in the Vologda Region, 1873. Artist: Pryanishnikov

Soil preparation for linseed in the Vologda Region, 1873. Artist: Pryanishnikov, Illarion Mikhailovich (1840-1894)
Soil preparation for linseed in the Vologda Region, 1873. Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Background imagePlough Collection: The sower, 1888. Artist: Myasoedov, Grigori Grigoryevich (1834-1911)

The sower, 1888. Artist: Myasoedov, Grigori Grigoryevich (1834-1911)
The sower, 1888. Found in the collection of the State Art Museum, Odessa

Background imagePlough Collection: Ploughing the Field, 1899. Artist: Karasin, Nikolai Nikolayevich (1842-1908)

Ploughing the Field, 1899. Artist: Karasin, Nikolai Nikolayevich (1842-1908)
Ploughing the Field, 1899. From a private collection

Background imagePlough Collection: Slobodka, 1884. Artist: Levitan, Isaak Ilyich (1860-1900)

Slobodka, 1884. Artist: Levitan, Isaak Ilyich (1860-1900)
Slobodka, 1884. Found in the collection of the Regional I. Kramskoi Art Museum, Voronezh

Background imagePlough Collection: At the field, 1911. Artist: Nesterov, Mikhail Vasilyevich (1862-1942)

At the field, 1911. Artist: Nesterov, Mikhail Vasilyevich (1862-1942)
At the field, 1911. Found in the collection of the Regional Art Gallery, Perm

Background imagePlough Collection: Scotland, c1930s

Scotland, c1930s
The good brown earth of a Pebbles upland turns a fresh face to the sky as the ploughman and his plough follow the trampling Clydesdales, c1930s. From Geographical Magazine, Volume 5

Background imagePlough Collection: The Plough, mid-late 19th century, (1946). Artist: Alphonse Legros

The Plough, mid-late 19th century, (1946). Artist: Alphonse Legros
The Plough, mid-late 19th century, (1946). La Charrue in French, a farmer and a team of horses ploughing a field. From The Etchings of the French Impressionists and Their Contemporaries, by Edward T

Background imagePlough Collection: The earth made ready, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton

The earth made ready, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
The earth made ready, 1941. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

Background imagePlough Collection: Afar to field and furrow, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton

Afar to field and furrow, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
Afar to field and furrow, 1941. Agricultural workers in the fields. From Air of Glory, by Cecil Beaton. [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1941]

Background imagePlough Collection: Ceylon... c1920. Artist: Underwood

Ceylon... c1920. Artist: Underwood
Ceylon. Hock deep in liquid mud buffaloes draw the wooden ploughs through terraced paddy-fields sodden with precious water, c1920

Background imagePlough Collection: Thrifty country-folk with their cattle at work on a farm near Jonkoping, Sweden, 1905

Thrifty country-folk with their cattle at work on a farm near Jonkoping, Sweden, 1905. From The Underwood Travel Library, [Underwood & Underwood, London, New York, 1905]

Background imagePlough Collection: Late Labour, c1880, (1904). Artist: Robert George Talbot Kelly

Late Labour, c1880, (1904). Artist: Robert George Talbot Kelly
Late Labour, c1880, (1904). From Egypt, by R. Talbot Kelly. [Adam & Charles Black, London, 1904]

Background imagePlough Collection: Old Orford Church and Mill, Suffolk, c1782. Artist: John Crome

Old Orford Church and Mill, Suffolk, c1782. Artist: John Crome
Old Orford Church and Mill, Suffolk, c1782. The Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford.Old Orford Church and Mill, Suffolk, c1782

Background imagePlough Collection: The Ploughman, c1903. Artist: Vernon Royle

The Ploughman, c1903. Artist: Vernon Royle
The Ploughman, c1903. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1903-4, edited by William Gamble. [A. W. Penrose & Co. London, 1903-4]

Background imagePlough Collection: Chalk study by Vittorio Guaccimanni, c1900. Artist: Vittorio Guaccimanni

Chalk study by Vittorio Guaccimanni, c1900. Artist: Vittorio Guaccimanni
Chalk study by Vittorio Guaccimanni, c1900. From The Studio Volume 41. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1907]

Background imagePlough Collection: The Gyrotiller, 1938

The Gyrotiller, 1938. Also known as a diesel rotary plough, the Gyrotiller was an agricultural machine used to break up hardpan and heavy clay soils, as well as removing roots and tree stumps

Background imagePlough Collection: Ploughing, 14th century, (1910)

Ploughing, 14th century, (1910). Agricultural scene from the reign of Edward III (ruled 1327-1377). Illustration from British Costume during 19 Centuries by Mrs Charles H Ashdown, (London, 1910)

Background imagePlough Collection: Chinese harvest, Hong Kong, c1875

Chinese harvest, Hong Kong, c1875

Background imagePlough Collection: Pension Liten, Thun, Switzerland, 1885. Artist: J Moegle

Pension Liten, Thun, Switzerland, 1885. Artist: J Moegle
Pension Liten, Thun, Switzerland, 1885. View of a Swiss guesthouse

Background imagePlough Collection: Yoking oxen and ploughing fields, South Africa, 18th century (1931)

Yoking oxen and ploughing fields, South Africa, 18th century (1931). Plate taken from Historic Farms of South Africa, by Dorothea Fairbridge, published by Oxford University Press (London, 1931)

Background imagePlough Collection: Ploughing flooded ground for rice planting, north of the main road at Uji, near Kyoto, Japan, 1904

Ploughing flooded ground for rice planting, north of the main road at Uji, near Kyoto, Japan, 1904. Stereoscopic card. Detail

Background imagePlough Collection: Emblem; Hostinato Rigore (detail), late 15th or early 16th century (1954). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci

Emblem; Hostinato Rigore (detail), late 15th or early 16th century (1954). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Emblem; Hostinato Rigore (detail), late 15th or early 16th century (1954). Found in the collection of the Royal Library, Windsor Castle, Windsor

Background imagePlough Collection: Ploughing in India, 1917

Ploughing in India, 1917

Background imagePlough Collection: Ploughing by machinery, c1926. Artist: Sir John Fowler

Ploughing by machinery, c1926. Artist: Sir John Fowler
Ploughing by machinery, 1926. From An Outline of Christianity, The Story of Our Civilisation, volume 5: Christianity Today and Tomorrow, edited by RG Parsons and AS Peake

Background imagePlough Collection: A Scene in Brittany, 1902-1903

A Scene in Brittany, 1902-1903. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1902-1903, An Illustrated Review of the Graphic Arts, volume 8, edited by William Gamble and published by AW Penrose (London)

Background imagePlough Collection: Farm labourers ploughing with a camel, Caucasus, c1890. Artist: Gillot

Farm labourers ploughing with a camel, Caucasus, c1890. Artist: Gillot
Farm labourers ploughing with a camel, Caucasus, c1890. Illustration from Caucase, Types and Paysages, (a work on the people and landscape of the Caucasus), by L Boulanger, (Paris, c1890)

Background imagePlough Collection: A giant stands in a field as a farmer ploughs, 19th century. Artist: George Cruikshank

A giant stands in a field as a farmer ploughs, 19th century. Artist: George Cruikshank
A giant stands in a field as a farmer ploughs, 19th century



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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.