Process of people gathering mature crops or their products

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Chinese men harvesting. Gouache.

Cybele, Bacchus, Ceres and Flora on a chariot drawn by lions surrounded by all forms of natural abundance and cherubs, symbolising the element earth. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani.

Agricultural labours: harvesters loading sheaves of corn on to a wagon, and a man and boy shearing sheep. Engraving after E. Bendemann.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, by His Excellency Edward Everett, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: a proclamation for a day of public thanksgiving and prayer : ... Thursday, the thirtieth day of November... Given at the Council chamber in Boston, this second day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven ... / Edward Everett, John P. Bigelow, Secretary of the State.

The month August and the sign of Virgo, represented by harvest time and the disciples of Christ plucking of ears of corn on the Sabbath. Engraving by A. Collaert after H. Bol, 1585.

A boy kneeling, holding a baby bird found while raking corn, with a woman and a girl, each holding a rake. Lithograph.

D.C.L yeast and malt extract : calendar for 1936 : reaping the golden grain.

A pastoral scene with women picking grapes and a man on an ox-cart. Etching by H. Lepind after E. Debat-Ponsan, 1886.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, by His Excellency John Brooks, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a proclamation, for a day of public thanksgiving and prayer : ... Thursday, the twenty-eighth day of November next ... Given at the Council chamber, in Boston, this eighth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixteen ... / John Brooks, Alden Bradford, Secretary.

A couple bringing in the harvest; representing the fortieth year of life. Engraving by Conrad Meyer, 16--.

A man and a woman in a vineyard in autumn; representing the benefits of the fiftieth year of life. Engraving by Conrad Meyer, 16--.

An Arabic (?) man singing from a songbook; African or Indian men surveying the land; westerners sowing seed and reaping; smiths hammering iron. Engraving.

A harvesting scene representing summer. Etching by N. Perelle, 17th century.

Haymakers sitting down in the shade of a hay-rick to eat. Etching by J.J. Veyrassat, ca. 1857.

A field being harvested; representing July. Etching by G. Perelle, c. 1660.

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Harvesting

Images from the collections

Images about Harvesting

Works from the collections

A harvesting scene representing summer. Etching by N. Perelle, 17th century.

A man and a woman in a vineyard in autumn; representing the benefits of the fiftieth year of life. Engraving by Conrad Meyer, 16--.

Haymakers sitting down in the shade of a hay-rick to eat. Etching by J.J. Veyrassat, ca. 1857.

A boy kneeling, holding a baby bird found while raking corn, with a woman and a girl, each holding a rake. Lithograph.

A field being harvested; representing July. Etching by G. Perelle, c. 1660.

Harvesting

Images from the collections

Images about Harvesting

Works from the collections

A harvesting scene representing summer. Etching by N. Perelle, 17th century.

A man and a woman in a vineyard in autumn; representing the benefits of the fiftieth year of life. Engraving by Conrad Meyer, 16--.

Haymakers sitting down in the shade of a hay-rick to eat. Etching by J.J. Veyrassat, ca. 1857.

A boy kneeling, holding a baby bird found while raking corn, with a woman and a girl, each holding a rake. Lithograph.

A field being harvested; representing July. Etching by G. Perelle, c. 1660.

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