A tea plantation in China: workers roll the caper tea into balls. Coloured lithograph.

Nine scenes showing tea cultivation and preparation on an Indian plantation. Engraving by T. Brown, c. 1850, after J. L. Williams.

Farming: a threshing machine designed by Richard Hornsby mounted on a cart: cutaway side elevation, and details. Wood engraving after R. Hornsby, 1862.

A tea plantation in China: workers water the young plants. Coloured lithograph.

Farming: a milling machine for corn, driven by a water-wheel, three-quarter view. Engraving by Seal, c.1750.

Farming: a milling machine for corn, three-quarter view. Engraving by B. Cole, early eighteenth century, after R. Blackwell.

A tea plantation in China: workers sow the seed. Coloured lithograph.

Items of farm equipment and machinery, including presses, churns and mills. Engraving by J. Hulett.

A tea plantation in China with workers grinding and balling the tea. Gouache painting with oxidization.

A peasant family in a farm-house. Etching by F. Bartolozzi after G. Zocchi.

Farming: a reaping machine, driven by a horse. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1816.

1 print : lithograph, with watercolour on paper

1 print : etching with line engraving ; image 7.8 x 26.2 cm.

Cain and Abel make their sacrifices to God; Cain kills Abel. Engraving by F. Villamena after Raphael.

Farming: six threshing machines, in side elevation. Engraving.

1 print : engraving, with watercolour ; platemark 20 x 26.1 cm

1 print : engraving ; platemark 19.9 x 23 cm

The story of Cupid and Psyche: Psyche puts in order a store of agricultural equipment, sacred to Ceres, but Ceres refuses to help her to find Cupid. Engraving by the Master of the Die, 15--, after M. Coxie, 153-.

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Agricultural implements

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Images referencing Agricultural implements

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A tea plantation in China: workers sow the seed. Coloured lithograph.

Cain and Abel make their sacrifices to God; Cain kills Abel. Engraving by F. Villamena after Raphael.

Farming: six threshing machines, in side elevation. Engraving.

Farming: a reaping machine, driven by a horse. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1816.

The story of Cupid and Psyche: Psyche puts in order a store of agricultural equipment, sacred to Ceres, but Ceres refuses to help her to find Cupid. Engraving by the Master of the Die, 15--, after M. Coxie, 153-.

Agricultural implements

Images from the collections

Images referencing Agricultural implements

Works from the collections

A tea plantation in China: workers sow the seed. Coloured lithograph.

Cain and Abel make their sacrifices to God; Cain kills Abel. Engraving by F. Villamena after Raphael.

Farming: six threshing machines, in side elevation. Engraving.

Farming: a reaping machine, driven by a horse. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1816.

The story of Cupid and Psyche: Psyche puts in order a store of agricultural equipment, sacred to Ceres, but Ceres refuses to help her to find Cupid. Engraving by the Master of the Die, 15--, after M. Coxie, 153-.

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