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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.

Agriculture: a Chinese rice plantation, with workers transplanting the rice. Engraving by T.A. Prior, c. 1840, after T. Allom.

The manufacture of tobacco with leaves being sorted, dried, cured and pressed. Engraving, c. 1750.

A tobacco plantation in the Caribbean islands, with black workers and a white overseer. Engraving, 1683.

A plantation of cochineal cacti (Nopalea cochenillifera) with workers gathering and preparing cochineal. Engraving.

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

Sugar: a plantation of sugar cane in the Caribbean islands, with black workers and processing equipment in the foreground. Engraving, 1683, after S. Leclerc, ca 1671.

A tea plantation in China: workers pick the tea leaves. Coloured lithograph.

A tea plantation in China: workers grade the tea leaves by hand. Coloured lithograph.

Work on a coffee plantation in Guatemala. Wood-engravings by G. Andrews, 1877, after E. Muybridge.

Cacheu, Guinea-Bissau: workers preparing cakes from manioc root, within a decorative border. Engraving, c. 1777.

A tea plantation in China: workers trimming the tea leaves. Gouache painting with oxidization.

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

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Plantation workers

Images from the collections

Images about Plantation workers

Works from the collections

Work on a coffee plantation in Guatemala. Wood-engravings by G. Andrews, 1877, after E. Muybridge.

Cacheu, Guinea-Bissau: workers preparing cakes from manioc root, within a decorative border. Engraving, c. 1777.

Agriculture: a Chinese rice plantation, with workers transplanting the rice. Engraving by T.A. Prior, c. 1840, after T. Allom.

A tea plantation in China: workers trimming the tea leaves. Gouache painting with oxidization.

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

Plantation workers

Images from the collections

Images about Plantation workers

Works from the collections

Work on a coffee plantation in Guatemala. Wood-engravings by G. Andrews, 1877, after E. Muybridge.

Cacheu, Guinea-Bissau: workers preparing cakes from manioc root, within a decorative border. Engraving, c. 1777.

Agriculture: a Chinese rice plantation, with workers transplanting the rice. Engraving by T.A. Prior, c. 1840, after T. Allom.

A tea plantation in China: workers trimming the tea leaves. Gouache painting with oxidization.

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

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