Rakes Collection

Rakes Progress 3
The Rakes Progress Tavern scene - illustration to The Rakes Progress

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

Craftsmen making besom brooms and wooden rakes
Two craftsmen sit on narrow benches, making besom brooms and wooden rakes. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Craftsmen make besom brooms and wooden rakes
Two craftsmen sit on narrow benches, making besom brooms and wooden rakes. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

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

Ursula Moreton in The Rake's Progress, Vic-Wells Ballet
Ursula Moreton, ballerina, in The Rake's Progress, The Vic-Wells Ballet, supplement to The Dancing Times, December 1937 Date: 1937

Interior of Leadenhall Market, covered market. Chief market for poultry and game, located in located on Gracechurch Street, London. Date: late 1890s

Cartoon, EDITOR SEEKING DIRT
Cartoon, a penny press editor rakes for sensational claptrap in the muddy stream of twaddle and mock morality, oblivious of the angel who bids him search for Truth. Date: 1867

WW1/1915/RUSSIAN GAMBLE
The Russians gamble - and lose ! (Death rakes in the fallen..) Date: 1915

Country people, Langdale, Cumbria, Lake District
Country people with dogs at Langdale, Cumbria (Westmorland), Lake District, an area referred to in Wordsworths poems. Date: 1843

Car Trouble Date: 1950

William Hogarth - The Rakes Progress
The Rakes Progress 4. Arrested for debt in Whitehall as he is going to court Date: 1735

HOGARTH RAKES PLATE 4
The Rakes Progress 4. Arrested for debt in Whitehall as he is going to court Date: 1735

HOGARTH RAKE PLATE 2
The Rakes Progress 2. Hogarths Rake surrounded by flattering artists and professors. Date: 1735

C18 TAVERN SCENE
The Rakes Progress Tavern scene - illustration to The Rakes Progress Date: 1735

Hogarth - Rakes - Tailor
The Rakes Progress 1. The young heir is measured for new clothes Date: 1735

Hogarth - Rakes Progress
8. Scene in Bedlam asylum. Date: 1735

RAKES PROGRESS 6
6. Gaming house scene Date: 1735

RAKES PROGRESS 5
5. Marries an old maid Date: 1735

The Four Seasons, Autumn, by John Hassall
Children having lots of fun in a haystack, while the older girls and boys are trying to collect the hay. 1902

Greetings telegram, Golden Wedding anniversary, with a border design by Eric Fraser. Date: circa 1950s

Drying coffee beans in the sun - Costa Rica Date: circa 1910s

Ile de Re, France - Salt pans - an island off the west coast of France near La Rochelle, on the northern side of the Pertuis d Antioche strait. Date: 1909

Winter Garden at St Pancras Schools, Leavesden, Hertfordshir
Young children with hoes and rakes tend the Winter Garden at the St Pancras Schools at Leavesden In Hertfordshire. The schools were used to house pauper children away from the workhouse

Australian House
Mother rakes the lawn, while her happy children play together nearby at their new modern detached house in north eastern Victoria, New South Wales, Australia. Date: 1950s

Gathering seaweed for fertiliser - Channel Islands
Gathering seaweed ( wracking ) for use as fertilizer at a low spring tide - Channel Islands Date: 1907

Raking Fir cones
Women raking up and gathering fir cones into wicker backpacks Date: circa 1910s

Harvesting (Lhermitte)
Men and women at work in the harvest field, taking advantage of fine weather to gather the crop into stooks with wide wooden rakes. Date: 1889

EDITOR SEEKING DIRT
A penny press editor rakes for sensational claptrap in the muddy stream of twaddle and mock morality oblivious of the angel who bids him search for Truth Date: 1867

Raking a Flower Bed
A small girl rakes her flower bed

Battle of Lake Erie
BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE The American ship Niagara rakes the British vessels Detroit and Queen Charlotte, leading to a decisive American victory

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