Tilling Collection

Farmers Ploughing a field on Lealholm Hall Farm, Whitby. c. 1889 (photo)
3091121 Farmers Ploughing a field on Lealholm Hall Farm, Whitby. c.1889 (photo) by Sutcliffe, Frank Meadow (1853-1941); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Plough Team, 1905 (w / c on paper)
XPG359497 The Plough Team, 1905 (w/c on paper) by Atkinson, John (1863-1924); Private Collection; English, out of copyright

Adam, tilling the ground, after the expulsion from the Garden of Eden (colour litho)
5198045 Adam, tilling the ground, after the expulsion from the Garden of Eden (colour litho) by Pinchon, Joseph Porphyre (1871-1953); Private Collection; (add.info.: Adam, tilling the ground)

woodcut showing Adam and Eve after their banishment from the Garden of Eden
5311183 woodcut showing Adam and Eve after their banishment from the Garden of Eden. Eve is shown suckling her child, while Adam is tilling the ground

Tilling a field with a horse drawn plough. 1802 (engraving)
5669361 Tilling a field with a horse drawn plough. 1802 (engraving); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Autumn, 1905. Creator: Anton Hans Karlinsky
Autumn, 1905

In the Fields of June, 1914 (oil on canvas)
NGW184214 In the Fields of June, 1914 (oil on canvas) by Clausen, George (1852-1944); 183x213.7 cm; National Museum Wales; National Museums & Galleries of Wales

Scottish farm workers - hand coloured photo - Victorian period

The Volunteer pub, Poplar, London and a Tilling horse bus

Duke William's envoys come to find Count Guy, Bayeux Tapestry (wool embroidery on linen)
XIR183109 Duke William's envoys come to find Count Guy, Bayeux Tapestry (wool embroidery on linen) by English School, (11th century); Musee de la Tapisserie, Bayeux

Envoys from Duke William are Sent to Count Guy of Ponthieu, Bayeux Tapestry (wool embroidery on linen)
XIR162169 Envoys from Duke William are Sent to Count Guy of Ponthieu, Bayeux Tapestry (wool embroidery on linen) by English School, (11th century); Musee de la Tapisserie, Bayeux

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Tilled ground ready for planting near the town of Brinas in the La Rioja region of northern Spain. Date: 18/05/2005

Historiated initials depicting a farmer ploughing, from Book 1 of the Naturalis Historia by Pliny the Elder (vellum)
XIR366596 Historiated initials depicting a farmer ploughing, from Book 1 of the Naturalis Historia by Pliny the Elder (vellum) by Italian School, (15th century); Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana

Ploughing and Dibbling Beans (oil on canvas)
3743774 Ploughing and Dibbling Beans (oil on canvas) by British School, (19th century); 43.2x61 cm; Nottingham City Museums and Galleries (Nottingham Castle)

Historiated initial A depicting a plough pulled by two elephants, from the Naturalis Historia by Pliny the Elder
XIR366598 Historiated initial A depicting a plough pulled by two elephants, from the Naturalis Historia by Pliny the Elder (vellum) by Italian School, (15th century); Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana

Ploughing in the Vineyard, 1883 (oil on canvas)
1547204 Ploughing in the Vineyard, 1883 (oil on canvas) by Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de (1864-1901); 55.6x46.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Man ploughing and another sowing, 1849 - 1852 (black crayon on wove paper)
1217630 Man ploughing and another sowing, 1849 - 1852 (black crayon on wove paper) by Millet, Jean-Francois (1814-75); 14.5x21.2 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Holiday Sketches (engraving)
1621348 Holiday Sketches (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Holiday Sketches. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 2 October 1875)

Gardener Hoeing, pub. Erfurt in Thuringia, 1753-55 (engraving)
1123823 Gardener Hoeing, pub. Erfurt in Thuringia, 1753-55 (engraving) by Reicharts, Christian (fl.1753-55); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Generae of Patriotism, or The Bloomsbury Farmer planting Bedfordshire Wheat, pub
2962480 The Generae of Patriotism, or The Bloomsbury Farmer planting Bedfordshire Wheat, pub. 1796 (hand coloured engraving) by Gillray

Oxen ploughing on the South Downs near Seaford
circa 1910s

God telling Adam to work the land, original capital from the cathedral nave (stone)
XJL146850 God telling Adam to work the land, original capital from the cathedral nave (stone) by French School, (12th century); Cathedral Museum of St

Dinner Time, from Sun Artists: A Serial of Artistic Photography
STC192056 Dinner Time, from Sun Artists: A Serial of Artistic Photography, published 1889-91 (photo) by Sutcliffe, Frank Meadow (1853-1941); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; English

The Generae of Patriotism, or The Bloomsbury Farmer planting Bedfordshire Wheat
NCO191755 The Generae of Patriotism, or The Bloomsbury Farmer planting Bedfordshire Wheat, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1796 (hand-coloured etching) by Gillray

The Story of the Wreck, c. 1872 (oil on canvas)
TW429383 The Story of the Wreck, c.1872 (oil on canvas) by Beavis, Richard (1824-96); 54x77.5 cm; Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens, Tyne & Wear

The Weary Ploughman, 1858 (etching and drypoint)
1217796 The Weary Ploughman, 1858 (etching and drypoint) by Palmer, Samuel (1805-81); 13.2x20.121.8x29.3 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Horse Drawn Tiller
West German farmer tilling a field with two horse drawn machinery Date: circa 1959

Farmers in France cultivating the ground after World War One were finding unexploded projectiles. In this drawing you can see a operator with a telephone receiver (microphone)

Adam at work in a field, from The Story of Adam and Eve (oil on copper
742114 Adam at work in a field, from The Story of Adam and Eve (oil on copper) (see also 742110-15) by Brueghel, Jan the Younger (1601-78)

The Curse upon Earth and on Man (engraving)
3646474 The Curse upon Earth and on Man (engraving) by Holbein the Younger, Hans (1497/8-1543) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Curse upon Earth and on Man)

The Western Farmers Home, pub. 1871, Currier & Ives (colour litho)
3471087 The Western Farmers Home, pub. 1871, Currier & Ives (colour litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; American, out of copyright

Ploughing, c. 1900-19 (tempera on paper)
TW426760 Ploughing, c.1900-19 (tempera on paper) by Atkinson, John (1863-1924); 54x74.3 cm; Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear, UK; eTyne & Wear Archives & Museums; English, out of copyright

The State of Ireland, tilling the Farm of an Imprisoned Land Leaguer (engraving)
1590384 The State of Ireland, tilling the Farm of an Imprisoned Land Leaguer (engraving) by O Kelly, Aloysius (1853-1941) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The State of Ireland)

Seeding in Tuscany (oil on canvas)
703197 Seeding in Tuscany (oil on canvas) by Cannicci, Niccolo (1846-1906); Galleria Nazionale d Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome, Lazio, Italy; Italian, out of copyright

Not a stroke have they done for these five minutes
IL388135 Not a stroke have they done for these five minutes, from Our Village by Mary Russell Mitford (colour litho) by Brock, Charles Edmund (1870-1938); Private Collection; English, out of copyright

Folios from the Rothschild Book of Hours, Ghent or Bruges, c
494952 Folios from the Rothschild Book of Hours, Ghent or Bruges, c.1505 (tempera on vellum) (see also 494950-62, 494969-83 and 490416) by Flemish School

Oxen Ploughing at Sunset (w / c on paper)
NUL116568 Oxen Ploughing at Sunset (w/c on paper) by Palmer, Samuel (1805-81); 34.5x27 cm; Private Collection; English, out of copyright

Count Tolstoy (engraving)
3628032 Count Tolstoy (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Count Tolstoy. Illustration for The Picture Magazine, 1895.); © Look and Learn

Brabys Machine for Breaking-up Roads and Scarifying or Tilling Land (engraving)
1619777 Brabys Machine for Breaking-up Roads and Scarifying or Tilling Land (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Tilling Rice, Yuan Dynasty (ink & colour on paper)
809225 Tilling Rice, Yuan Dynasty (ink & colour on paper) by Qi, Cheng (13th Century) (attr. to); Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, USA; (add.info.: Formerly attributed to Liu Songnian)

Cadmus Tilling the Field Where He Sowed the Dragons Teeth, 1540-45

Mabel Constanduros - English actress and screenwriter
Date: 1935

1904 Milnes - Daimler, first Thomas Tilling bus. Creator: Unknown
1904 Milnes - Daimler, first Thomas Tilling bus

Barefoot boy with mattock, Sierra Leone
A barefoot West African farm boy pauses from working on a smallholding outside Freetown, Sierra Leone. He wears a crucifix on his forehead and carries a heavy digging mattock Date: circa 1982

The Western Farmers Home, pub. 1871, Currier & Ives (Colour Lithograph)

Mabel Constanduros (1880-1957), birth name Mabel Tilling, English actress and screenwriter, 1935. A print from the photo album Popular Personalities, issued for Piccadilly Juniors Oval Photos, 1935

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)

Winemaker, 16th century (1849). Artist: Jost Amman
Winemaker, 16th century (1849). A 19th century version of an original 16th century engraving. From Le Moyen Age et la Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix, Ferdinand Sere and A Rivaud, Volume I (Paris, 1849)

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"Tilling the Land: A Timeless Tradition" From the picturesque fields of Lealholm Hall Farm in Whitby to the bustling streets of London, it has been an integral part of human civilization for centuries. This captivating photo from c. 1889 showcases farmers ploughing a field, their determination evident as they prepare the soil for planting. Fast forward to 1905, and we witness "The Plough Team" in action on paper. With watercolors bringing life to their laborious task, these hardworking individuals showcase the timeless artistry behind tilling. In the 1920s, even tour buses couldn't resist capturing glimpses of this age-old practice. From garlic cultivation to Scottish farm workers diligently working the land, these snapshots serve as reminders that tilling transcends borders and cultures. As we delve into history through embroidered tapestries like Bayeux Tapestry's depiction of Duke William's envoys seeking Count Guy or breaking up land in Antigua during 1823, it becomes clear that tilling is not just about agriculture but also a symbol of progress and exploration. Even amidst urban landscapes like Poplar in London, where The Volunteer pub stands proudly alongside a Tilling horse bus, there is evidence that tilling remains deeply rooted within our society. Whether it be ancient civilizations or modern-day farming practices, one thing remains constant – tilling connects us with our past while shaping our future. It represents resilience and dedication as humans work harmoniously with nature to provide sustenance for generations to come. So let us celebrate this timeless tradition - an ode to those who till the earth with unwavering commitment and passion.