Rake Collection

Fittleworth Smithy interior with two blacksmiths
Fittleworth Smithy interior. Two blacksmiths, one working at the forge and one at the anvil. Many tools and horseshoes shown

Heavy shire horse pulls an old hay rake
A farmer and his heavy horse take a break from working to gather hay on a field. They stop to talk to another farmer and a young lady in white dress

Revelling with Harlots, plate III of A Rakes Progress, 1735. Tom Rakewell and a companion consorting with harlots in a tavern

Girl Guides Gardening by Millicent Sowerby
Two girl guides pictured in a garden in the spring raking the grass and planting seeds

Hogarth Rake Plate 2
The Rakes Progress 2. Hogarths Rake surrounded by flattering artists and professors

Hogarth Rake Plate 7
The Rakes Progress 7. Scene in the Fleet prison

Fleming In Jamaica
British novelist Ian Fleming (1908 - 1964) on the beach near Goldeneye, his Jamaica home, 23rd February 1964. (Photo by Harry Benson/Express/Getty Images)

Pilgrims Progress 26
The Man with the Muck-Rake, who could look no way but down

Hogarth Rake Plate 8
The Rakes Progress 8. A scene in Bedlam asylum

Rakes Progress 5
The Rakes Progress 5. A marriage ceremony

Anna Sten in Rouben Mamoulians We Live Again (1934)
Anna Sten in We Live Again (1934)

Hogarth Rake Plate 4
The Rakes Progress 4. Arrested for debt in Whitehall as he is on his way to court

Hogarth / Rakes / Tailor
The Rakes Progress 1. The young heir is measured for new clothes

Dublin from Phoenix Park
A view of the City of Dublin from the Magazine Hill in the Phoenix Park. A gentleman & his lady take a stroll, a man fishes & a man & woman rake the grassy bank of the river

The Flowering Orchard, 1888. Creator: Vincent van Gogh
The Flowering Orchard, 1888

Across Mounts Bay, c1880. Artist: Elizabeth Adela Forbes
Across Mounts Bay, c1880. Painting held in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. From The Studio Volume 47. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1909]

A Rakes Progress - 2: The Levee, 1733. Artist: William Hogarth
A Rakes Progress - 2: The Levee, 1733. Tom holds a morning reception at his new palatial town lodgings. Vistors offer their services: a jockey, a dancing-master (with violin)

Woman with a Rake, 1928-1932. Artist: Kazimir Malevich
Woman with a Rake, 1928-1932. Found in the collection of the State Russian Museum, St Petersburg

A street in Varallo (Italy) with a large group of women in modest traditional costumes. Some of them hold a basket under their arms, while others have panniers on their backs

A Rakes Progress, 1763; plate VIII of VIII. Artist: William Hogarth
A Rakes Progress, 1763; plate VIII of VIII. True to his nature Tom Rakewell has run through a vast fortune through indulgence in all the luxuries of modern living

The Orangerie - or - The Dutch Cupid reposing after the fatigues of Planting, 1796
The Orangerie - or - The Dutch Cupid reposing after the fatigues of Planting, published 1796 (hand-coloured engraving)

BRAZIL: COFFEE PRODUCTION. Spreading coffee beans for drying at a farm in Brazil. Photograph, c1940

Aerial view of lead rakes, spoil heaps from ancient mines, White Peak, Peak District, Derbyshire, England, september

Draycott, Cotswold village, Oldborough Farm, harvest
Draycott, Cotswold village, Oldborough Farm, Hodgkins family group, bringing in the harvest pre-1915. Date: circa early 1910s

A man with a rake, a woman selling spoons and stirrers (engraving)
5234109 A man with a rake, a woman selling spoons and stirrers (engraving) by Collier, John (Tim Bobbin) (1708-86); Private Collection; (add.info.: A man with a rake)

June - the palace and the Sainte-Chapelle, 15th century, (1939). Creators: Hermann Limbourg
June - the palace and the Sainte-Chapelle, 15th century, (1939). Juin - Le Palais Et La Sainte-Chapelle. Barefoot peasants hay-making in the fields: men wield scythes as they cut the grass

The Demon Bowler, from Vanity Fair, 13th July 1878 (colour litho)
XCF275000 The Demon Bowler, from Vanity Fair, 13th July 1878 (colour litho) by Ward, Leslie Matthew (Spy) (1851-1922); Private Collection; English, out of copyright

Central City Park, Hanoi, Vietnam, Indochina, South East Asia, Asia

October
BAL9883 October by Grasset, Eugene (1841-1917); Private Collection; French, out of copyright

Helping Daddy by Muriel Dawson
A little girl in an apron and a Victorian style sun bonnet helps her father rake hay on a farm

Workers with rakes at the salt mines at Cam Ranh near Nha Trang, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Father William / Headstand
FATHER WILLIAM Does a headstand

Rakes Progress 6
The Rakes Progress 6. Gaming house scene - a rowdy bunch

Garden Tools, Spades, Forks, Hoes, Shears, Rakes and Knives. 19th century

Girl lighting her cigarette - Continental Pneumatic Advert
Continental Pneumatic Tyre Company (of Hanover, Germany) advertising postcard, featuring a touching scene as a glamorous and confident lady cyclist stops to grab a light for her cigarette from a

Harrison Schmitt collects lunar rake samples, Apollo 17 mission, December 1972. Creator: NASA
Harrison Schmitt collects lunar rake samples, Apollo 17 mission, December 1972. US astronaut Harrison Schmitt (born 1935), the 12th man to walk on the Moon

Spring (colour litho)
8633259 Spring (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Spring. Illustration for The Children's Object Book (Frederick Warne)

Spring (colour litho)
8633180 Spring (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Spring. Illustration for The Children's Object Book (Frederick Warne)

In the hay-field (colour litho)
8645894 In the hay-field (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: In the hay-field)

Drunken farmer Jones buying the entire stock of wooden tools from old squinty-eyed Nan
FLO4718005 Drunken farmer Jones buying the entire stock of wooden tools from old squinty-eyed Nan. Copperplate engraving after a satirical illustration by Timothy Bobbin (John Collier) (1708-1786)

Anglo Saxon agriculture: four-wheel wagon 107, two-wheel wagon 108, plough 109, shovel, scythe and hammer 110, sickle
FLO4702412 Anglo Saxon agriculture: four-wheel wagon 107, two-wheel wagon 108, plough 109, shovel, scythe and hammer 110, sickle, rake and fork 111, harvest cart 112

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Cylindrical traversing rake
5616625 Cylindrical traversing rake; (add.info.: Cylindrical traversing rake, for stirring tobacco, malt, corn, hops, etc. by R.W. Barchard of Croydon. London, 1818)

Brazil house, 1880 (print on double-weight paper)
3566820 Brazil house, 1880 (print on double-weight paper); (add.info.: Brazil 1880 ca. Photographer: Unidentified Author); Alinari Archives, Florence

In the Days of the Great Shadow (colour litho)
8673146 In the Days of the Great Shadow (colour litho) by Robinson, Frederick Cayley (1862-1927); Private Collection; (add.info.: In the Days of the Great Shadow)

Children protecting their pet dog from the hot sun (colour litho)
8635291 Children protecting their pet dog from the hot sun (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Children protecting their pet dog from the hot sun)

Saturday (colour litho)
8674340 Saturday (colour litho) by Miles, Helen J.A. (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Saturday. Illustration for Tiles from Dame Marjorie's Chimney Corner)

The "Red Lion, " Rake (litho)
8643730 The "Red Lion, " Rake (litho) by Harper, Charles George (1863-1943); Private Collection; (add.info.: The "Red Lion, " Rake)

A couple of peasants arm in arm moving down a country path. A windmill can be seen on the right
3570975 A couple of peasants arm in arm moving down a country path. A windmill can be seen on the right; (add.info.: 1885-1890 ca. Photographer: Robinson, Ralph W.); Alinari Archives, Florence

Maud Muller, poem by John Greenleaf Whittier
Maud Muller, the title character in a poem of 1856 by John Greenleaf Whittier (18071892). circa 1856

Ella Edwards holding a rake and a sun hat. August 1941

Park Ranger, gathering leaves at Stewart Park, Marton, Middlesbrough, England, 17th November 1981

One of the groundsmen at the War Memorial Park, Coventry sweeps up the fallen autumn leaves on a misty October morning. Circa October 1950

Thirteen year old Joyce Hayward who has been appointed to organise a tree adoption scheme on a council housing estate at Camelot House, London one of the biggest blocks of council flats in the city

JAPAN 9
Japan/ Kyoto/ Gion area the neighbourhood where Geishas live, study and perform. Geishas and Maikos attending a class at " Mia Garatso" school of Geisha

JAPAN 4
Japan/ Kyoto/ Gion area, neighbourhood where Geishas live and perform. Face portrait of a smiling Maiko with combed hair, white make up, head ornaments and traditional kimono

JAPAN 32
Japan/ Kyoto/ Gion area, neighbourhood where Geishas live and perform. Geisha with white make up on her face, combed hair, head ornaments and traditional kimono

JAPAN 31
Japan/ Kyoto/ Gion area, neighbourhood where Geishas live and perform. Geisha with painted neck and shoulders, combed hair, white make up, head ornaments and traditional kimono

Rochdale OL11 5 Map
Postcode Sector Map of Rochdale OL11 5

A man works on removing an oil spill on Coruripe beach, Alagoas state, Brazil October 14, 2019. REUTERS/Adriano Machado

Collecting kelp, Widmouth Bay, St Merryn, Cornwall. Early 1900s
Two men with horse and carts collect kelp from the shoreline. Photographer: T.H. Williams

Pump, Race, Race, Rack, Rack, Rack, Raft, Rail, Rail, Rain, Rake, Read (engraving)
8650012 Pump, Race, Race, Rack, Rack, Rack, Raft, Rail, Rail, Rain, Rake, Read (engraving) by German School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pump, Race, Race, Rack, Rack)

Children gardening (chromolitho)
8677286 Children gardening (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Children gardening)

Peasants working the land, 16th Century (woodcut)
8664093 Peasants working the land, 16th Century (woodcut) by Schaufelein, Hans Leonard (c.1480-c.1539) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Peasants working the land, 16th Century)

Page from Gamage's General Catalogue (96th edition), c.1927 (litho)
8669561 Page from Gamage's General Catalogue (96th edition), c.1927 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

On the Way to Work, 1895 (oil on canvas)
BAL200971 On the Way to Work, 1895 (oil on canvas) by Vinogradov, Sergei Arsenevich (1869-1938); 58x46 cm; Kharkov Art Museum, Kharkov, Russia

The carpenter
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"Market-Day" - painted by G. B. O'Neil - from the Exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1856. In this production Mr

Costumes de Différents Pays, Femme de la Forêt Noire, c1797. Creators: Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur, LF Labrousse
Costumes de Differents Pays, Femme de la Foret Noire, c1797

Costume Plate (Bauernmadchen aus Lachsen), 1876. Creators: Carl Emil Doepler, August Weger
Costume Plate (Bauernmadchen aus Lachsen), 1876

House in Aerdenhout, 1804. Creator: Warner Horstink
House in Aerdenhout, 1804

Pisque ca vous amuse... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Pisque ca vous amuse... 19th century. Parisians in the countryside

A Gardener, 1735. Creator: Balthasar Denner
A Gardener, 1735

La vie simple, 1904. Creator: Pierre Andre Brouillet
La vie simple, 1904. The simple life

Agriculture, Department Of - Boy Scouts, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Agriculture, Department Of - Boy Scouts, 1917
Agriculture, Department Of - Boy Scouts, 1917

Frances B. Johnston in garden in New Orleans with "Pops" Whitesell, who is holding... c1945 - 1952
Frances B. Johnston in garden in New Orleans with "Pops" Whitesell, who is holding a rake, between 1945 and 1952

Straw Rake, 1940. Creator: Wayne White
Straw Rake, 1940

Digging and Planting, 1943. Creator: Unknown
Digging and Planting, 1943. British women contribute to the war effort. From "Women's Institutes, by Cicely McCall. [Collins, London, 1943]

The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Akugenda Yoshira Disguised as a Pilgrim, in the Play... c. 1777. Creator: Shunsho
The Actor Nakamura Nakazo I as Akugenda Yoshira Disguised as a Pilgrim, in the Play Chigo Torii Tobiiri Kitsune, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1777, Japan, c. 1777

Hamamatsu, from the series "Fifty-three Stations [of the Tokaido] (Gojusan tsugi), " also... 1852
Hamamatsu, from the series "Fifty-three Stations [of the Tokaido] (Gojusan tsugi), " also known as the Figure Tokaido (Jinbutsu Tokaido), 1852

Okitsu, from the series "Fifty-three Stations [of the Tokaido] (Gojusan tsugi), " also known...1852
Okitsu, from the series "Fifty-three Stations [of the Tokaido] (Gojusan tsugi), " also known as the Figure Tokaido (Jinbutsu Tokaido), 1852

Frozen-Out Gardeners and Snow Clearers - drawn by Foster, 1850. Creator: Edmund Evans
Frozen-Out Gardeners and Snow Clearers - drawn by Foster, 1850. Illustration to a story by Thomas Miller. During winter, gardeners couldn't work because of the cold weather

July, n.d. Creator: Cornelis Dusart
July, n.d

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"Unveiling the Rake: A Journey through Time and Tales" Step into a world of revelry, as depicted in "Revelling with Harlots, plate III of A Rakes Progress, 1735. " This captivating artwork by Hogarth takes us on a wild ride through the life of a rake, showcasing his debauchery and indulgence. In contrast to this scene of excess, picture a heavy shire horse diligently pulling an old hay rake. The Fittleworth Smithy interior reveals two blacksmiths hard at work, their skilled hands shaping tools that aid in taming nature's bounty. Moving forward to Hogarth's Plate 2 and Plate 7 of "The Rake, " we witness the consequences of reckless behavior. The once carefree protagonist now faces ruin and despair. But hope lingers in Plate 8 as redemption beckons amidst adversity. Drawing inspiration from literary classics like "Pilgrims Progress 26" and "Rakes Progress 5, " we see individuals grappling with their inner demons while striving for personal growth. Their journeys mirror our own struggles and triumphs along life's winding path. Venturing beyond artistry lies reality - Draycott, Cotswold village where Oldborough Farm bustles during harvest season. Here they can wielded not only for leisure but also for laborious tasks that sustain communities throughout generations. An intriguing engraving captures a curious encounter between a man with a rake and a woman selling spoons and stirrers. In this seemingly mundane interaction lies hidden stories waiting to be unraveled – tales woven within the fabric of everyday life. Transporting ourselves to Anna Sten's portrayal in Mamoulian's film "We Live Again (1934), " we witness how love can transform even the most wayward souls into beings capable of redemption. The power lies within each individual to rise above their past mistakes.