Peasants Collection

Peasants dancing round linden tree (full page). Illustration from Hieronymus Bock, Kreuterbuch. Date: 1560

French Boules Players
Four French peasants in sabots and a barefoot boy judge the skill of the players in a game on a bumpy grassy field. Date: early 20th century

Landscape by Thomas Gainsborough
An extensive wooded landscape with peasants on a path, a horse at a ford, a cottage beyond, by Thomas Gainsborough RA (1727-1788)

Bulgarian Peasants Dance
Bulgarian peasants perform a traditional dance before village elders and interested tourists

Women from Lublin, Poland
Village peasant women from Lublin, Poland Date: circa 1910s

Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625). Flemish painter. Peasant dance to the Dukes (Archduchess Isabella Clara Eugenia and Albert). 1623. Oil on canvas. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain

Jean-Francois Millet (1814-1875). The Gleaners (1856). Orsay
Jean-Francois Millet (1814-1875). French painter, one of the founders of the Barbizon School. The Gleaners (1856). Orsay Museum. Paris. France

Princesses Victoria and Elisabeth of Hesse
The two elder daughters of Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse and Grand Duke Ludwig (Louis) of Hesse

Battle of Hemmingstedt
When the peasants of Dithmarschen set up an independent republic, they are attacked by the dukes, but repel them at the battle of Hemmingstedt

Young peasant woman in a wood, Finland. Date: 1922

Jolly Grape Pickers
A grinning group of grape pickers pose for the camera in a vineyard in Champagne, France. Date: early 1930s

Interior of a Dorsetshire Labourers Cottage
Interior view of a peasants cottage in Dorset in 1846, accompanying an article reporting on the poverty and squalor of some villages in the county

The National Dance of Croatia
The Kolo or Vrlika - the National Dance of Croatia, being performed by two peasants in full traditional costume. Date: 1938

Peasants Revolt / Germany
The peasants rise up and revolt for the abolition of feudal dues, serfdom and tithes

Roman peasant woman carrying water, Italy Date: 1918

Woman from Lublin, Poland
Village peasant woman from Lublin, Poland Date: circa 1910s

Thessaloniki - Macedonian Peasants and British Soldier Date: circa 1916

Easter Celebrations in Rural Russia
Easter Celebrations in Russia - The traditional cakes pictures are only baked once a year for the celebration. Date: 1902

A couple of Peasants from Baden, Germany. A book of national types and costumes from the early 19th century

Serbian Shepherds
RAINMAKING, SERBIA In times of drought, young Dodoles go from village to village in costumes garnished with foliage, dancing while the peasants water the ground

Peasants dancing around a tree, Netherlands, 15th century
Shepherds and villagers dancing around a tree, Netherlands, 15th century. A bagpiper plays music, and a man baits a bear. From a livre d'heures (book of hours), MS 1173, Bibliotheque Imperiale

Costumes of the people of Mexico, 1858

Costumes of Norway and Sweden, 1858. Norwegian peasants drinking beer at a tavern meet a Swedish peasant with staff and rucksack. Sami people with a reindeer, and riding a sled on a frozen lake

Costumes of Moldavia, Romania and Circassia, 1858

Peasants of Cheb, Bohemia, in summer dress, 18th century
Peasants of Cheb or Eger, Bohemia (Czech Republic), in summer dress, 18th century. She wears a kerchief tied on her head, sleeveless bodice, petticoat, blue apron

Butcher sharpening his knife before slaughtering a pig, 18th cen
Butcher sharpening his knife before slaughtering a pig in front of a house, 18th century. A group of peasants watch holding wheat sheafs

A group of peasants drinking in a tavern, 17th century. Two men seated on barrel chairs raise their jugs and tankards in a toast. Women stand in front of a hearth behind them

17th century Dutch peasants outside a large farmhouse

Man writing graffiti on a tower wall from a staircase, 17th cent
Man writing graffiti on a tower wall from a staircase, watched by two peasants near a large stone tomb, 17th century

17th century peasants listening to a street fiddler. An old woman with straw basket, staff and keys on her belt, a boy with hoop and stick

17th century peasants drinking at a tressle table in a tavern. A man in feathered cap with pipe stands at right, with two men seated on barrels drinking ale

17th century peasants drinking ale and smoking pipes in a tavern. They sit on wooden benches and barrels, with jugs and tankards, pipes and ashtrays on the table

17th century Dutch peasants drinking near a fireplace in a tavern. A man pours grog from a jug for two people seated on chairs and barrels. Group near a chimney

17th century Dutch tavern scene, with many peasants drinking at wooden tables, jugs at their feet, tobacco pipe on table. Two men sit in front of a fireplace

Dutch peasants playing a game of cards at a table in a tavern. Game of Cards

Scottish peasants dancing in a rustic tavern, 18th century. They wear tam o'shanters and caps, jackets and trousers, and dance in a room with table, barrels and wheat sheafs

Dutch peasants butchering a pig by candlelight, 17th century. A group of men, children gather to watch in front of a thatched cottage and well with water pump. Pig Slaughterers, circa 1642

17th century peasants eating, drinking and smoking. A man on a stool drinks from a jug, a child feeds another from a bowl, and a woman breasfeeds a child

Peasants talking in a field, 17th century. They wear caps and rustic coats, a child stands at a mother's leg, and a hog eats from the ground. Houses and churches in the background

17th century peasants drinking in a tavern. A drunken man slumps on a bench to the surprise of others, while the tavern keeper brings a jug of ale

Dutch peasants playing a game of cards at a table in an inn. 17
Dutch peasants playing a game of cards at a table in an inn. Cups, cards and tobacco pipes on the table, with large wardrobe and cupboardbed in rear. Game of Cards

17th century Dutch drunk man vomits on the floor of a tavern watched by two other peasants. The rustic bar has a wooden table, barrel and case, window shutters, and a jug on the floor

17th century Dutch peasants talking in a field. A woman in veil and man in conical hat gesticulate with a man carrying a large bundle on his back. Houses, farms and church in the background

Two skeletons of Death attack a king in his throne room. One figure of Death removes his crown, while another hits him with a sceptre. The king wears a wig, ermine cape and embroidered clothers

Chinese peasants in a village, 1800s
Chinese peasants in a village. A man carries a yoke and baskets with produce. Village chinois et paysans

Tatar peasants of the Crimean peninsula (Ukraine)
Tatar peasants of the valleys of the Crimean peninsula (Ukraine). A peasant brings plums and apples to be distilled into brandy or a syrup called Beckmess

Peasants ducking for apples in a barrel, 18th century
Peasants ducking for apples in a barrel. A man pushes down the heads of two competitors. English school caricature, 18th century

Peasants playing blind man's buff. 17th century
A group of peasants playing a game of blind man's buff. 17th century. A soldier ties a blindfold on a young maid. Le Colin Maillard aux Piliers d'or

Medieval peasants watching a cockfight, while other hold roosters, and chase hens. A woman dsitributes nuts from her apron. Cockfighting and other games. Le jeu de coques, et autres jeux

Peasants playing the game of hot hands, 17th century
Peasants and shepherds playing the game of hot hand at a picnic, 17th century. From an engraving by Claudine Bouzonnet Stella in the Four Ages of Life. Le jeu de la main chaude

Russian peasants playing knucklebones, 19th century
Russian peasants playing a game of knucklebones, 19th century. Scene in a farmyard with well, cows, ducks and pigs. La rangette aux osselets

Russian village. Engraving, 19th century
Russian village. Engraving by Lemaitre, Danvin and Pannier. History of Russia by Jean Marie Chopin (1796-1870). Panorama Universal, Spanish edition, 1839

Russian peasants. Engraving, 19th century
Russian peasants. Engraving by Lemaitre, Vernier and Monnin. History of Russia by Jean Marie Chopin (1796-1870). Panorama Universal, Spanish edition, 1839

Spain, Asturias. Council of Oviedo. After mass. Composition and drawing by J. Cuevas. Engraving by Capuz. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1882

Ireland. Agricultural crisis. Meeting held in Dublin
Irish agricultural crisis. Meeting held in Dublin by the owners or landlords to protest against the application of the agrarian law. Engraving by Capuz. La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, 1882

Poor woman gathering peat, to keep the home fires burning through the winter. Date: 1841

Costumes of the peasantry, France, 18th century. Peasants (near Paris), villager and milkmaid of Bagnolet

Chinese peasants in grass coats, c. 1880 s
Chinese peasants in grass coats, c.1880 s

Irish gentlemen brawling with night watchmen, Dublin, 1822
Irish gentlemen boxing and brawling with night watchmen, Dublin, 1822. A man in a sedan chair waves a bicorne hat. Brian Boru, Sir Shawn O Dogherty on a Night Row with the Charleys in Dame Street

Lady riding side-saddle on a horse stuck in a fence during a fox hunt, 19th century. Mrs Lucy Somerville urges her horse Leotard out of the briars while Facey Romford and other huntsmen watch

Albrecht Gessler, Habsburg bailiff at Altdorf, 14th century
Albrecht Gessler, Habsburg bailiff at Altdorf and arch enemy of William Tell, 14th century. Il Governatore Gesslero

Albanian peasants in colourful national costume, woman and child. 1906

Early medieval English peasants including a Bagpipe player. 12th century

Hungary Budapest Magyar peasants pre-1900

Magyar Peasants, Budapest, Hungary

Poland. Harvesters Festival. Engraving by Lemaitre. History of Poland, by Charles Foster. Panorama Universal, 1840

Beet-lifting, 1893, by Leon Wyczolkowski (1852-1936)
Leon Wyczolkowski (1852-1936). Polish painter of Young Poland movement. Beet-lifting, 1893. 19th Century Polish Art Gallery (Sukiennice Museum). National Museum of Krakow. Poland. Date: 2018

WW1 poster, Emprunt National 1918, Societe Generale, pour nous rendre entiere la douce terre de France (National War Loan 1918... to return to us all the sweet land of France). Date: 1918

Peasant man, Russia, WW1
A peasant man who brought his three daughters to enlist in the Women's Battalion of Death, Russia, to fight alongside the men during the First World War. Date: circa 1917

German Peasants War (1524-1525). Fires and looting by the German reformer, Thomas Muntzer (1491-1525) and his people during the rebellion. Colored engraving. 19th century

Spanish Civil War Poster - Peasant
Poster from the Spanish General Workers Union (UGT) appealing to country workers: Peasants! The revolution is as necessary as the shoots on the vine. Date: circa 1938

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Castilian farmers saluting the troops that go to the front. SPAIN. Barcelona. Historical Archive of Barcelona

Group of Red Army soldiers
A group of Red Army soldiers, some sitting on a wooden cart, crowd around to catch up on news during the Civil War. Date: 1918

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REVOLUTION POSTER/1936-9
A poster from the anarchist groups, CNT & AIT, proclaims Peasants! The revolution, apart from giving you land, will give you machines to work it Date: 1936 - 1939

King Richard II and the Peasants Revolt
Richard II appeases the rebels on the death of Wat Tyler, their leader. Date: 1381

Peasants Revolt
Richard II appeases the rebels on the death of Wat Tyler, their leader. Date: 1381

c. 1880s Japan - farm labourers

Lydia Sokolova with a group of peasants in Barabau, part of Diaghileffs ballet season at His Majestys Theatre, London, 1926 Date: 1926

Dolls of Porphyria Brocard and Sylvie Leconte
Dolls of dancers Mlle. Porphyria or Porphirin Brocard and Mlle. Sylvie Leconte dressed by young Princess Victoria. Color plate after an illustration by Alan Wright from Frances H

Peasants of the isle of Zakynthos in the Ionian Sea, 1818
Peasants of the isle of Zakynthos or Zante in the Ionian Sea, 1818. The man smokes a long tobacco pipe

Man and woman of Catalonia dancing the fandango, 1818. A musician plays a lute behind them

Iroquois Indians of Canada, 1818. The man carries a musket, bow and quiver of arrows, and the woman holds a baby in a papoose

Peasants of Bohemia drinking in a tavern, 1818
Peasants of Bohemia drinking wine in a tavern, 1818

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