Process of people gathering mature crops or their products

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.

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.

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

Ceres on a chariot with children representing the months March, April and May, surrounded by forms of natural abundance, corybantes and cherubs, symbolising the element earth. Etching by A. Tempesta, 1592.

1 print : etching ; platemark 16.8 x 18.1 cm

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

1 print : line engraving ; platemark 23.8 x 13.2 cm

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

1 print : lithograph ; image 9.6 x 8.7 cm

1 print : etching ; platemark 9.7 x 15.8 cm

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Harvesting

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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 referencing 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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