Reaping Machine Collection

The meridian Line also known as The Siesta, 1888-1889 (Oil on Canvas)
7212109 The meridian Line also known as The Siesta, 1888-1889 (Oil on Canvas) by Gogh, Vincent van (1853-90); Musee d Orsay, Paris, France; (add.info.: The meridian Line also known as The Siesta)

An Autumn Morning: The Reaper...A Man with a Scythe, 1885 (oil on canvas)
8835614 An Autumn Morning: The Reaper...A Man with a Scythe, 1885 (oil on canvas) by Barclay, Edgar (1842-1913); Bourne Gallery, Reigate, Surrey, UK; (add.info.: EDGAR BARCLAY, ROI. RE. (British)

The mill of Fombuena, Spain, 1884 (engraving)
AIS5355275 The mill of Fombuena, Spain, 1884 (engraving); (add.info.: The mill of Fombuena (Spain) Engraving from 1884.); © Iberfoto.

Calendar: representation of the month of October: agricultural work. The two zodiacal signs of the month are depicted
FGL5474181 Calendar: representation of the month of October: agricultural work. The two zodiacal signs of the month are depicted on the right: scorpion and scales

Jointed clod crusher, 1862
7125123 Jointed clod crusher, 1862; (add.info.: Jointed clod crusher. From A Concise History of The International Exhibition of 1862, published 1862.); Photo © Ken Welsh

Our Countryside, 1938: Haymaking (b/w photo)
8671506 Our Countryside, 1938: Haymaking (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Haymaking)

The consequences of peace, a bucolic scene
MMM5475431 The consequences of peace, a bucolic scene by Hodges, William (1744-97); National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: The consequences of peace, a bucolic scene)

The wheat, c. 1900 (chromo)
1790171 The wheat, c. 1900 (chromo); (add.info.: the wheat : from the harvest to the bread, in France early 20th century); Photo © CCI.

Harvest, c.1890 (illustration)
8698466 Harvest, c.1890 (illustration); (add.info.: Agriculture. Harvest, agrarian engine. Illustration for a calendar, France, ca 1890.); © Archives Charmet.

Heavy Horses ploughing on the Downs, 1905 ( Watercolour)
8835616 Heavy Horses ploughing on the Downs, 1905 ( Watercolour) by Swanwick, Joseph Harold (1866-1929); Bourne Gallery, Reigate, Surrey, UK; (add.info.: HAROLD J. SWANWICK, RI. ROI)

Sugar tongs, with opposite blades and spring hinges, used to crush sugar canes, c.1800 (steel)
MMM5473256 Sugar tongs, with opposite blades and spring hinges, used to crush sugar canes, c.1800 (steel); National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Sugar tongs)

Past & Present: Harvesting (colour litho)
8668694 Past & Present: Harvesting (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Harvesting. Reaping and Binding by Hand)

Catching fish, fish farming industry, 1869 (engraving)
6426201 Catching fish, fish farming industry, 1869 (engraving); Private Collection; (add.info.: Catching fish, fish farming industry, 1869 (engraving)); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis.

Harvesting and food preparing machinery, 1862
7125128 Harvesting and food preparing machinery, 1862; (add.info.: Harvesting and food preparing machinery. From A Concise History of The International Exhibition of 1862)

Garrett and Son's double-cylinder steam ploughing engine and tackle, 1862
7125125 Garrett and Son's double-cylinder steam ploughing engine and tackle, 1862; (add.info.: Garrett and Son's double-cylinder steam ploughing engine and tackle)

Agriculture: a Russian peasant plowing his field. Russian popular engraving of the 19th century
FGL5475274 Agriculture: a Russian peasant plowing his field. Russian popular engraving of the 19th century; Fototeca Gilardi.

W. Crosskill's three horse reaping machine, 1862
7125124 W. Crosskill's three horse reaping machine, 1862; (add.info.: W. Crosskill's three horse reaping machine. From A Concise History of The International Exhibition of 1862)

The International Exhibition: Crosskill's Bell's reaping-machine, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Crosskill's Bell's reaping-machine, 1862. '...Prize Corn-mowing Machine of the trustees of W

Hellard's Patent Victoria Side-Delivery Reaping and Mowing Machine, 1860. Creator: Unknown
Hellard's Patent Victoria Side-Delivery Reaping and Mowing Machine, 1860. Cutting the corn [ie wheat] when it is ripe is one of the most important operations of harvest...the improvements [Mr

The International Exhibition: Ransome and Sims agricultural machinery, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Ransome and Sims agricultural machinery - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1862

Buy the State Loan for the Strengthening of Peasant Economy, Anonymous, 1928 (lithograph)
FIA5405437 Buy the State Loan for the Strengthening of Peasant Economy, Anonymous, 1928 (lithograph) by Russian School (20th century); 105x71 cm; Russian State Library, Moscow

Medieval country life in from 16th century engraving, pub in 1931 (engraving)
3794211 Medieval country life in from 16th century engraving, pub in 1931 (engraving); (add.info.: Medieval country life. The Bookman vol 81 November 1931 p128); Lebrecht History

The Booty Cat, 1938 (print)
7415590 The Booty Cat, 1938 (print) by Robida, Albert (1848-1926); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cover of Charles Perrault's story "Le Chat Botte")

Cyrus McCormick's reaping machine of 1831, exhibited at the Crystal Palace exhibition of 1851
865478 Cyrus McCormick's reaping machine of 1831, exhibited at the Crystal Palace exhibition of 1851. by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Universal History Archive/UIG

Peasant working, 1908-1910 (oil on canvas)
7146597 Peasant working, 1908-1910 (oil on canvas) by Boccioni, Umberto (1882-1916); Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome, Lazio

The ploughman with oxen, 3rd-4th century (mosaic)
7129583 The ploughman with oxen, 3rd-4th century (mosaic) by Roman, (3rd-4th century); Palazzo Corsini, Gallerie Nazionali Barberini Corsini, Rome, Italy; (add.info.: The ploughman with oxen)

The Angelus - oil on canvas, 1857-1859
LRI4353970 The Angelus - oil on canvas, 1857-1859 by Millet, Jean-Francois (1814-75); 55.5x66 cm; Musee d'Orsay, Paris, France; (add.info.: The Angelus - By Jean Francois Millet (1814-1875)

Beet Harvest, 1890 (painting)
7333028 Beet Harvest, 1890 (painting) by Claus, Emile (1849-1924); Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek, Deinze, Belgium; (add.info.: Emile Claus (1849-1924)

F: Farmer -- Fork -- Reaper, 1890 (chromolithography)
7309665 F: Farmer -- Fork -- Reaper, 1890 (chromolithography) by French School, (19th century); 7, 6 x 11, 2 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Bognard illustrated alphabet)

Z: Z is for Zachary, shutting the gate; So Good Night, Little Children; It's Getting Quite Late
7309621 Z: Z is for Zachary, shutting the gate; So Good Night, Little Children; It's Getting Quite Late.1870 (illustration) by Howard, J. (active c)

Steam-powered cultivator by Morris, 1888, Historic, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century
7279228 Steam-powered cultivator by Morris, 1888, Historic, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century by Unknown Artist

Russian peasant, 18th century. 1823 (engraving)
7234207 Russian peasant, 18th century. 1823 (engraving) by Alexander, William (1767-1816) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Russian peasant, 18th century)

Costume of a Finnish peasant, 18th century, 1823 (engraving)
7234206 Costume of a Finnish peasant, 18th century, 1823 (engraving) by Georgi, Johann Gottlieb (1729-1802); Private Collection; (add.info.: Costume of a Finnish peasant, 18th century)

Switzerland: Threshing in the Bedretto Valley (b / w photo)
7183416 Switzerland: Threshing in the Bedretto Valley (b/w photo) by Gaberell, Jean (1887-1949); Private Collection; (add.info.: Threshing in the Bedretto Valley)

The skeleton of Death slashes a fishwife with a scythe. 1792. 1926 (engraving)
7234870 The skeleton of Death slashes a fishwife with a scythe. 1792. 1926 (engraving) by Chodowiecki, Daniel Nikolaus (1726-1801); Private Collection; (add.info)

Romulus plows the boundary line around the future city of Rome (detail), 1638 - 1639 (fresco)
7216155 Romulus plows the boundary line around the future city of Rome (detail), 1638 - 1639 (fresco) by Cesari, Giuseppe (Cavalier d Arpino) (1568-1640); Musei Capitolini, Rome

The Potato Harvest in Jersey (engraving)
7180749 The Potato Harvest in Jersey (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Potato Harvest in Jersey)

Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Faneuse; Hay-maker; Heumacherin (engraving)
7195959 Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Faneuse; Hay-maker; Heumacherin (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Faneuse; Hay-maker; Heumacherin)

Australia: Reaping in Southern Tasmania (b / w photo)
7182144 Australia: Reaping in Southern Tasmania (b/w photo) by Australian Photographer (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Reaping in Southern Tasmania)

Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Fourche (a fumier); Dung-fork; Mistgabel (engraving)
7196060 Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Fourche (a fumier); Dung-fork; Mistgabel (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fourche (a fumier); Dung-fork; Mistgabel

Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Semoir; Drill-plough; Drillpflug (engraving)
7197537 Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Semoir; Drill-plough; Drillpflug (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Semoir; Drill-plough; Drillpflug)

Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Batteur; Thrasher; Drescher (engraving)
7194885 Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Batteur; Thrasher; Drescher (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Batteur; Thrasher; Drescher)

Design for a fan: The pea stakers, 1890 (drawing)
7202632 Design for a fan: The pea stakers, 1890 (drawing) by Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903); 40, 7 x 64, 1 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Australia: Shearing Shed, Queensland (b / w photo)
7182066 Australia: Shearing Shed, Queensland (b/w photo) by Australian Photographer (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Shearing Shed, Queensland)

Ploughed Land, 1874 (Oil on canvas)
7215299 Ploughed Land, 1874 (Oil on canvas) by Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903); Pushkin Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia; (add.info)

Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Rateleuse; Raker; Harkerin (engraving)
7197340 Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Rateleuse; Raker; Harkerin (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rateleuse; Raker; Harkerin)

Harvesting, circa 1885. (Oil on canvas)
7205732 Harvesting, circa 1885. (Oil on canvas) by Dupre, Julien (1851-1910); 25, 75x32 cm; Syracuse University Art Museum, New York, USA; Syracuse University Art Museum

Study of a harvesting scene, 1845-1903 (drawing)
7202662 Study of a harvesting scene, 1845-1903 (drawing) by Pissarro, Camille (1830-1903); 14, 1 x 14, 9 cm; Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

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"The Evolution of Harvesting: From Ancient Mosaics to Modern Machinery" Step into the world of agriculture through art and history. The meridian Line, also known as The Siesta, painted in 1888-1889, captures a serene moment amidst the fields where farmers rest during their laborious tasks. Fast forward to 1938 with The Booty Cat print, showcasing the beauty and grace of feline companionship in farming communities. But let's delve deeper into the roots of harvesting techniques. Cyrus McCormick's reaping machine revolutionized agriculture in 1831 and gained recognition at the Crystal Palace exhibition in 1851. This invention marked a turning point for efficiency and productivity on farms worldwide. Peasant working, depicted in a captivating oil painting from 1908-1910, portrays the dedication and hard work put forth by individuals who tirelessly toiled on farmlands. Similarly, an ancient mosaic from the 3rd-4th century titled "The Ploughman with Oxen" showcases early agricultural practices that relied heavily on animal power. Moving onto iconic artworks that depict harvest rituals, we encounter Jean-François Millet's masterpiece "The Angelus, " created between 1857-1859. This oil painting immortalizes two peasants pausing their work to pray—an homage to rural life steeped in tradition. Artists have always found inspiration within nature’s bounty; Gustave Caillebotte's Beet Harvest (1890) beautifully captures vibrant scenes from this specific agricultural endeavor. Meanwhile, Farmer -- Fork -- Reaper (1890), a chromolithography piece highlights various tools used during harvest time. Even children’s literature has embraced agrarian themes; Z is for Zachary illustrates farm life with its charming illustration depicting little ones closing gates as night falls—a reminder that it's getting quite late. Advancements didn't stop there—technology played its part too.