Tillage Collection

Saint Isidore, patron of the plowers. An angel helps Saint Isidore plow a field with a
XEE4176001 Saint Isidore, patron of the plowers. An angel helps Saint Isidore plow a field with a plow. 19th century. Engraving after the painting by Luc Olivier Merson (1846-1920)

Agriculture: Farmer driving a horse-drawn plow around 1890. Colour engraving of the 19th century
NWI4825367 Agriculture: Farmer driving a horse-drawn plow around 1890. Colour engraving of the 19th century; (add.info.: Agriculture: Farmer driving a horse-drawn plow around 1890)

Feodalite: peasants (serfs) using a plow drawn by oxen to plow a field. Around 1340
NWI4892860 Feodalite: peasants (serfs) using a plow drawn by oxen to plow a field. Around 1340. Colourful engraving after an illustration of the Middle Ages.; (add.info.: Feodalite)

Egypt, Cairo: near Cairo, ploughing with two oxen held by a yoke using a primitive wood plough, 1900
LUX4777725 Egypt, Cairo: near Cairo, ploughing with two oxen held by a yoke using a primitive wood plough, 1900; (add.info.: Egypt, Cairo: near Cairo)

Egypt, Cairo: near Cairo, ploughing with two oxen held by a yoke using a primitive wood plough, 1900
LUX4777696 Egypt, Cairo: near Cairo, ploughing with two oxen held by a yoke using a primitive wood plough, 1900; (add.info.: Egypt, Cairo: near Cairo)

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 farmer. The peasant is assisted by Death, who directs the horses of his plow
FLO4675737 The farmer. The peasant is assisted by Death, who directs the horses of his plow. Hand-coloured engraving by Christian Von Mechel (or Chretien de Mechel)

France, Auvergne, Puy-de-Dome (63): A peasant plows his field with a plow pulled by a pair of beef, 1875
LUX4704487 France, Auvergne, Puy-de-Dome (63): A peasant plows his field with a plow pulled by a pair of beef, 1875; (add.info.: France, Auvergne)

Impotence from the clergy in the Middle Ages: monks taking the dime from a family of farmers
PCT4293433 Impotence from the clergy in the Middle Ages: monks taking the dime from a family of farmers, a royalty in kind or in money levied by the Catholic Church for peasants - 19th century

Letter A Farmer. Engraving in " Instructive abecedaire des arts et metiers""
DUV4211429 Letter A Farmer. Engraving in " Instructive abecedaire des arts et metiers"". A work in which a child, while having fun, can learn about the most useful Arts to the Society

Farmer using a steam plow in the Dakotas, 1890's. Colour engraving of the 19th century
NWI4952802 Farmer using a steam plow in the Dakotas, 1890's. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Farmer using a steam plow in the Dakotas, 1890's)

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37): a peasant plows his field with a wooden plow drawn by 2 horses, 1920
LUX4760339 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37): a peasant plows his field with a wooden plow drawn by 2 horses, 1920; (add.info.: France, Centre)

Greek mythology: Ulysses plowing a field with a horse and a bull - Colorization of a 19th century illustration
NWI4930228 Greek mythology: Ulysses plowing a field with a horse and a bull - Colorization of a 19th century illustration - Ulysses plowing

La Baionnette, Satirique en Colours, 1917_4_9: War of 14 -18, Childhood, Agriculture - Peasants - Illustration by
ICA4856359 La Baionnette, Satirique en Colours, 1917_4_9: War of 14 -18, Childhood, Agriculture - Peasants - Illustration by Georges Leonnec (1881-1940); (add.info.: La Baionnette)

Egyptian agriculture: priest of Osiris with sceptre 1, following a man with plow behind two yoked oxen 2
FLO4620567 Egyptian agriculture: priest of Osiris with sceptre 1, following a man with plow behind two yoked oxen 2, man sowing seed 3 from a box 4, men harvesting wheat with a scythe 5,6

Buffalo plowing near the banks of Nam Thi (Nam-Thi), Yunnam. Postcard from Vietnam, Indochina
JEB4827062 Buffalo plowing near the banks of Nam Thi (Nam-Thi), Yunnam. Postcard from Vietnam, Indochina. Photograph about 1912-1914.; © Jean Bernard. All rights reserved 2023.

Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, Indre and Loire (37): A peasant with his horse and a plow, 1875
LUX4816290 Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, Indre and Loire (37): A peasant with his horse and a plow, 1875; (add.info.: Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, Indre and Loire (37): A peasant with his horse and a plow

Chamarro farmers plowing a field and carving rows of plantations in the Mariana Archipelago (USA)
FLO4636280 Chamarro farmers plowing a field and carving rows of plantations in the Mariana Archipelago (USA). Illustration from Voyage Around the World (1824) by Louis de Freycinet (1779-1842)

Illustration for "Le livre unique de morale et d'instruction civique
DUV4212771 Illustration for "Le livre unique de morale et d'instruction civique, destine aux eleves des trois cours de l'Ecole primaire et a ceux des classes primaires des Lycees et

A chain harrow
3732448 A chain harrow; (add.info.: Cartoon depicting a chain harrow being used to implement the breaking up and smoothing out the surface of the soil)

A chain harrow
3732447 A chain harrow; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a chain harrow which would be used to implement the breaking up and smoothing out the surface of the soil)

A common type of rhomboidal harrow
3732449 A common type of rhomboidal harrow; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a common type of rhomboidal harrow which would be used to implement the breaking up)

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Saint Roch: agricultural works, a tractor on Lemaitre lands, 1917
LUX4798277 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Saint Roch: agricultural works, a tractor on Lemaitre lands, 1917; (add.info.: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Saint Roch: agricultural works

Agriculture in ancient Egypt: peasants sowing, plowing and recuding cereals
NWI4858569 Agriculture in ancient Egypt: peasants sowing, plowing and recuding cereals. Engraving colour in watercolour, 19th century.; (add.info.: Agriculture in ancient Egypt: peasants sowing)

Franco-Canadian farmers implant in the Saint Laurent valley, Quebec, 1800. Engraving of the 19th century
NWI4867189 Franco-Canadian farmers implant in the Saint Laurent valley, Quebec, 1800. Engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Franco-Canadian farmers implant in the Saint Laurent valley, Quebec)

Peasant using a water buffalo to plow rice in China. Colour engraving of the 19th century
NWI4864097 Peasant using a water buffalo to plow rice in China. Colour engraving of the 19th century; (add.info.: Peasant using a water buffalo to plow rice in China)

Representation of Saint Eustachius (died 120) became a labourer rehabilitated by Trajan as an officer
ELD4914077 Representation of Saint Eustachius (died 120) became a labourer rehabilitated by Trajan as an officer (Saint Eustachius or Eustathius or Eustathios) and soldiers of Trajan)

History of the settlers and the conquete of the West: American pioneers. Pioneers with a cart drawn by oxen plow a
NWI4888482 History of the settlers and the conquete of the West: American pioneers. Pioneers with a cart drawn by oxen plow a field of the Mississippi prairies, 19th century

Egypt: Cook cruise on the Nile, a Saidi plows his field with a wooden plow pulled by a pair of oxen, 1900
LUX4778487 Egypt: Cook cruise on the Nile, a Saidi plows his field with a wooden plow pulled by a pair of oxen, 1900; (add.info.: Egypt: Cook cruise on the Nile)

Coal powering a steam train - Shoveling coal in the cab of a steam locomotive at night
NWI4760107 Coal powering a steam train - Shoveling coal in the cab of a steam locomotive at night.; (add.info.: Coal powering a steam train - Shoveling coal in the cab of a steam locomotive at night)

First World War: France, Near a burning village of Lorraine, a woman plows and two women collect potatoes, 1915
LUX4739868 First World War: France, Near a burning village of Lorraine, a woman plows and two women collect potatoes, 1915; (add.info)

A common type of rhomboidal harrow
3732446 A common type of rhomboidal harrow; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a common type of rhomboidal harrow which would be used to implement the breaking up)

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Saint-Roch: Le Tremblay, fieldwork, agricultural workers plow the field with a
LUX4798082 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Saint-Roch: Le Tremblay, fieldwork, agricultural workers plow the field with a mixed team (horses and oxen), 1915; (add.info.: France, Centre)

History of the West Conquete settlers: American pioneers. Farmer plowing a field in the western meadow, United States
NWI4886417 History of the West Conquete settlers: American pioneers. Farmer plowing a field in the western meadow, United States, 19th century

Agriculture: a peasant plows the rice - Preparing rice ground - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo
CSO4980226 Agriculture: a peasant plows the rice - Preparing rice ground - Japan 1880-1910 - Hand coloured photo; (add.info.: Agriculture)

Origin of agriculture: Representation of Triptoleme, the heros of ancient Greece thanks to whom humanite learns
ELD4949550 Origin of agriculture: Representation of Triptoleme, the heros of ancient Greece thanks to whom humanite learns agriculture

Egypt: Cook cruise on the Nile, a Saidi plows his field with a wooden plow pulled by a pair of oxen, 1900
LUX4778475 Egypt: Cook cruise on the Nile, a Saidi plows his field with a wooden plow pulled by a pair of oxen, 1900; (add.info.: Egypt: Cook cruise on the Nile)

Agriculture: Young farm boy pulling horses while his father directs the plow to plow the field
NWI4825046 Agriculture: Young farm boy pulling horses while his father directs the plow to plow the field. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Agriculture)

Druze farmer plowing the field with a plow drawn by two oxen in Jebel el-Druze (Jebel-el-Druze)
NWI4877667 Druze farmer plowing the field with a plow drawn by two oxen in Jebel el-Druze (Jebel-el-Druze, Jebel-el-Druze or Jebel el-Druze), Syria

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Saint-Roch: Le Tremblay, fieldwork, agricultural workers plow the field with a
LUX4798085 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Saint-Roch: Le Tremblay, fieldwork, agricultural workers plow the field with a mixed team (horses and oxen), 1915; (add.info.: France, Centre)

Aerial View Of Deforestation For Territory Of Future Field. Flat View, Natural Agricultural Background Aerial View Of Deforestation For Territory Of Future Field

Aerial View Of Minimalistic Rural Landscape. Bird's-eye View Of Deforestation. Beginning Of Agricultural Spring Season. Tractor Tracks On Plowed Field Aerial View Of Minimalistic Rural Landscape

Red Tractor Plowing Field In Spring Season. Beginning Of Agricultural Spring Season. Cultivator Pulled By A Tractor In Countryside Field. Aerial View Red Tractor Plowing Field In Spring Season

Belarus. Aerial View Of Belarusian Village. Beautiful Rural Landscape In Bird's-eye View. Beginning Of Agricultural Spring Season. Tracks On Plowed Belarus. Aerial View Of Belarusian Village

Aerial View. Tractor Plowing Field In Spring Season. Beginning Of Agricultural Spring Season. Cultivator Pulled By A Tractor In Countryside Rural Fiel Aerial View

Tractor Plowing Field In Spring. Beginning Of Agricultural Season. Cultivator Pulled By A Tractor In Countryside Rural Field. Countryside Field Tractor Plowing Field In Spring

Shed near wheat field
Shenshen Dou

The parable of the laborers in the vineyard, c. 1500 (tapestry)
CUL4900107 The parable of the laborers in the vineyard, c.1500 (tapestry) by Coecke van Aelst, Pieter (1502-50) (studio of); 410x620 cm; Catedral de Zamora, Castilla y Leon

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Tillage: A Timeless Tradition Rooted in History From the ancient times of Saint Isidore, patron of the plowers, to the present day, it has been an integral part of agricultural practices. In a captivating Roman artwork found in Spain, we witness an angel lending a helping hand to Saint Isidore as he diligently plows a field. This depiction not only showcases the importance of this age-old technique but also highlights its spiritual significance. Moving forward through time and space, we find ourselves near a wheat field with a shed nearby – evidence of garlic cultivation alongside other crops. The combination of these two elements demonstrates how tillage plays a vital role in ensuring bountiful harvests and sustenance for communities. Delving deeper into history, Greek art from Olympia reveals iron tools used for tilling the land. These innovative implements revolutionized farming methods and allowed for more efficient cultivation techniques. The connection between human ingenuity and agriculture becomes apparent as we recognize that tillage is not merely physical labor but also requires knowledge and skill. Intriguingly, tapestries depicting "The Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard" from around 1500 further emphasize the timeless nature of tillage. Through intricate craftsmanship, these artworks depict scenes where diligent workers engage in various aspects of vineyard management – including tilling – highlighting its importance across different cultures and eras. As we reflect on these historical hints surrounding tillage, it becomes evident that this practice transcends time and borders. It symbolizes humanity's deep-rooted relationship with nature while embodying our continuous efforts to nurture fertile lands for sustenance and prosperity. So let us celebrate this enduring tradition passed down through generations - one that connects us to our ancestors' wisdom while paving the way for future innovations in agriculture. Tillage remains an essential thread woven into our collective history; it represents both our humble beginnings as well as our aspirations for a fruitful future.