Skip to main content

Sowing Collection

Background imageSowing Collection: Parable of the Sower

Parable of the Sower : The Christians responsibility for production. (Matthew Chapter 13, Mark Chapter 4 and Luke Chapter 8)

Background imageSowing Collection: Scenes of peasant working life, Ireland

Scenes of peasant working life, Ireland
These illustrations show women and men engaged in activities such as carding wool, spinning, sowing, threshing, minnowing and scutching

Background imageSowing Collection: Farmer sowing seeds

Farmer sowing seeds
Woodcut rendering of a German farmer sowing seeds on his land. Date: circa 1930

Background imageSowing Collection: Vintage seed packet: Cosmos

Vintage seed packet: Cosmos
A beautiful Cosmos seed packet from the Burts Seeds Company, New York. Date: c. 1910

Background imageSowing Collection: The Farming Year by Pauline Baynes

The Farming Year by Pauline Baynes
The Farming Year, painted in the style of a medieval stained glass window by Pauline Baynes, showing the agricultural activities of a farmer of the Middle Ages month by month

Background imageSowing Collection: The Parable of the Seed

The Parable of the Seed - Matthew 15. circa 1688

Background imageSowing Collection: Blessing the ground before sowing - Little Russia

Blessing the ground before sowing - Little Russia
Blessing the ground before sowing seeds in Little Russia Date: 1913

Background imageSowing Collection: Vintage lettuce seed packet

Vintage lettuce seed packet
A lettuce seed packet from the Card Seed Company, New York. Date: c. 1910

Background imageSowing Collection: The Sower of Tares

The Sower of Tares
The wicked man sowing tares, in his neighbours field

Background imageSowing Collection: The Parable of the Sower sowing Seeds

The Parable of the Sower sowing Seeds

Background imageSowing Collection: Sowing corn in the Isle of Arran

Sowing corn in the Isle of Arran

Background imageSowing Collection: Isle of Arran - Sowing Corn - Victorian period

Isle of Arran - Sowing Corn - Victorian period

Background imageSowing Collection: Sowing seed and harrowing, Victorian period

Sowing seed and harrowing, Victorian period

Background imageSowing Collection: Geese invade the field where the Brownies are sowing

Geese invade the field where the Brownies are sowing seeds Date: 1910

Background imageSowing Collection: Annie Hughes in Sowing the Wind

Annie Hughes in Sowing the Wind Date: 1890s

Background imageSowing Collection: Evelyn Millard, a Reminiscence of Sowing the Wind

Evelyn Millard, a Reminiscence of Sowing the Wind Date: 1890s

Background imageSowing Collection: Sowing seeds

Sowing seeds
Young farm worker sowing seeds. Date: circa 1902

Background imageSowing Collection: Egyptian wheat and grape agriculture

Egyptian wheat and grape agriculture
Egyptian agriculture: priest of Osiris with sceptre 1, following a man with plow behind two yoked oxen 2, man sowing seed 3 from a box 4, men harvesting wheat with a scythe 5, 6

Background imageSowing Collection: Farmers sowing and preparing the fields

Farmers sowing and preparing the fields
SOWING and preparing the fields in March Date: 9th Century

Background imageSowing Collection: FARMER SOWING CORN 1887

FARMER SOWING CORN 1887
A farmer sowing corn by hand. Date: 1887

Background imageSowing Collection: Cartoon, Sowing Tares (Socialism)

Cartoon, Sowing Tares (Socialism)
Cartoon, SOWING TARES -- the Socialist devil sows tares (weeds) in the field of labour, a parody of a religious painting by Millais, His enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat. Date: 1886

Background imageSowing Collection: 15TH CENTURY COUNTRY

15TH CENTURY COUNTRY
Le Travail des Champs - farm workers sowing, plowing, harrowing, reaping, threshing, digging, planting trees &c. Date: late 15th century

Background imageSowing Collection: FOLKLORE / LUBIN

FOLKLORE / LUBIN
The LUBIN, entity of Berry, central France, who walks behind the farmer sowing seed (if you are nice to him) or weeds (if you arent) Date: 1855

Background imageSowing Collection: Kashmir - two male rice planters in foothills of Himalayas

Kashmir - two male rice planters in foothills of Himalayas smile happily as they plant rice shoots Date: 1986

Background imageSowing Collection: Woman on allotment - 2

Woman on allotment - 2
A woman bends over and plants onion sets in the well-prepared soil of her allotment in Northern England. The background shows ramshackle allotments and on the skyline is a church tower

Background imageSowing Collection: Woman on allotment - 1

Woman on allotment - 1
A woman bends over and plants onion sets in the well-prepared soil of her allotment in Northern England. The background shows ramshackle allotments and on the skyline is a church tower

Background imageSowing Collection: Vintage tomato seed packet

Vintage tomato seed packet
A tomato seed packet from the Card Seed Company, New York Date: c. 1910

Background imageSowing Collection: Eighteenth century. Farmer with a seed drill

Eighteenth century. Farmer with a seed drill. Colored engraving

Background imageSowing Collection: Farmers plowing and sowing. Late 15th century. Italy

Farmers plowing and sowing. Late 15th century. Italy
Farmers plowing and sowing. Miniature of Grimani Breviary. Late 15th century. Saint Marks Library. Venice. Italy

Background imageSowing Collection: Maison Lyons Corner House - Marble Arch, London - Interior

Maison Lyons Corner House - Marble Arch, London - Interior
Quote from The Kalevala (Kalewala) a 19th-century work of epic poetry compiled by Elias Lonnrot from Karelian and Finnish oral folklore and mythology

Background imageSowing Collection: Vintage seed packet: Candytuft

Vintage seed packet: Candytuft
A beautiful Candytuft seed packet from the Burts Seeds Company, New York. Date: c. 1910

Background imageSowing Collection: Vintage radish seed packet

Vintage radish seed packet
A radish seed packet from the Card Seed Company, New York. Date: c. 1910

Background imageSowing Collection: Vintage seed packet: Pansy

Vintage seed packet: Pansy
A beautiful Pansy Royal Mixture seed packet from the Burts Seeds Company, New York. Date: c. 1910

Background imageSowing Collection: Russian Farmer Tending to his Land

Russian Farmer Tending to his Land
A bearded and elderly Russian Farmer delicately sowing seeds by hand. Date: 1924

Background imageSowing Collection: Sowing by Hand

Sowing by Hand
A farmer sowing seeds by hands in a freshly ploughed field on a farm in Great Britain. Date: 1930s

Background imageSowing Collection: Fan design - The Seasons - Spring

Fan design - The Seasons - Spring. circa 1900s

Background imageSowing Collection: Fiddle Sowing

Fiddle Sowing - a close up of above of the man using the fiddle sower and the girl leaning over the bucket of seed in a ploughed field. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Background imageSowing Collection: Fiddle Sowing and Harrowing

Fiddle Sowing and Harrowing - an agricultural scene with a man using a fiddle sower with a girl behind carrying a bucket of seeds, in a ploughed field

Background imageSowing Collection: Sowing Grass and Harrowing With a Chain Harrow

Sowing Grass and Harrowing With a Chain Harrow - a view of a two horse drawn harrow and man sowing in the front. (Location: Ireland). Date: circa early 1900s

Background imageSowing Collection: Sowing the Flax, Toome, Co. Antrim

Sowing the Flax, Toome, Co. Antrim - a picture of people hand sowing flax in a field followed by a horse vehicle. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Londonderry: Toomebridge). Date: circa early 1900s

Background imageSowing Collection: Sowing and Harrowing in the Corn, Co Antrim

Sowing and Harrowing in the Corn, Co Antrim - man sowing and boy with horse drawn harrow. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim). Date: circa early 1900s

Background imageSowing Collection: Harrow and Sowing Fiddle

Harrow and Sowing Fiddle - same view as WAG 3101, an Agricultural scene of a man using a fiddle sower with a girl carrying a bucket of seeds, to the right is a man and horse pulling a Harrow

Background imageSowing Collection: Book of Trades, The Husbandman

Book of Trades, The Husbandman. 1841

Background imageSowing Collection: The Sussex Downs

The Sussex Downs
A fine panoramic view of the Sussex Downs, as seen from Bury Hill, one of the countys beauty spots. Date: 1930s

Background imageSowing Collection: Vintage Charabanc with Passengers, Southend-on-Sea, Essex

Vintage Charabanc with Passengers, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. Sowing the Invincible Date: 1920s

Background imageSowing Collection: Vintage seed packet: Sweetpea

Vintage seed packet: Sweetpea
A beautiful Sweetpea seed packet from the Burts Seeds Company, New York. Date: c. 1910

Background imageSowing Collection: Vintage seed packet: Calendula

Vintage seed packet: Calendula
A beautiful Calendula seed packet from the Burts Seeds Company, New York. Date: c. 1910

Background imageSowing Collection: Vintage sweetcorn seed packet

Vintage sweetcorn seed packet
A sweetcorn seed packet from the Card Seed Company, New York. Date: c. 1910

Background imageSowing Collection: Vintage red onion seed packet

Vintage red onion seed packet
A red onion seed packet from the Card Seed Company, New York. Date: c. 1910

Background imageSowing Collection: Vintage seed packet: Dwarf Nasturtium

Vintage seed packet: Dwarf Nasturtium
A beautiful Dwarf Nasturtium seed packet from the Burts Seeds Company, New York. Date: c. 1910

Background imageSowing Collection: Forcing the Murphies by Heath Robinson

Forcing the Murphies by Heath Robinson
Endeavouring to open the eyes of seed potatoes before sowing - a silly horticultural idea by William Heath Robinson. Date: 1918

Background imageSowing Collection: Man sowing seeds in lines, using mechanical device

Man sowing seeds in lines, using mechanical device. Illustration from F. Burvenich, La culture potagere a la portee de tous. Date: 1877

Background imageSowing Collection: Grimani Breviary. 16th c. Month of October. Representation

Grimani Breviary. 16th c. Month of October. Representation

Background imageSowing Collection: Travelies. II, The sturgeon industry in Astrakhan - sowing c

Travelies. II, The sturgeon industry in Astrakhan - sowing caviar. Illustration shows several people sowing caviar while others measure and harvest sturgeon in Astrakhan, Russia. Date 1914 June 13

Background imageSowing Collection: Liberty sowing the seeds of victory

Liberty sowing the seeds of victory. Poster showing Liberty, in a red, white and blue liberty cap, soaring with a rainbow over a fertile landscape. Date 1917

Background imageSowing Collection: Silhouette, One Sows and Another Reaps

Silhouette, One Sows and Another Reaps
One Sows and Another Reaps -- silhouette showing a farm worker sowing seeds in a field, with horses pulling a plough in the background

Background imageSowing Collection: Rooks Attacking Crops

Rooks Attacking Crops
A flock of rooks attacking and eating a field of newly sown corn. Date: 1930s

Background imageSowing Collection: Farming in France 18Th

Farming in France 18Th
Various agricultural activities in 18th century France. One man is ploughing, two people are sowing, another one is rolling a field. Date: Circa 1760

Background imageSowing Collection: Devil in the Fields

Devil in the Fields
The Devil leaves his mark on the church and agriculture

Background imageSowing Collection: England - Sowing

England - Sowing
Illustration, possibly for a poster, of typically English countryside in spring, with a lone farmer or farm worker sowing seeds in a ploughed field

Background imageSowing Collection: Ploughing, England 1954

Ploughing, England 1954
A farmer on a tractor ploughs ready for wheat sowing, Chalford, Gloucestershire

Background imageSowing Collection: Les Invalides, Paris

Les Invalides, Paris
A retired soldier mends his clothing in his room at Les Invalides, a hospital and retirement home for war veterans

Background imageSowing Collection: Seasons / March / Sowing

Seasons / March / Sowing
A farmer sowing seeds

Background imageSowing Collection: Swallow & Little Birds

Swallow & Little Birds
THE SWALLOW AND THE LITTLE BIRDS: The swallow tries to warn the birds of the dangers of letting the farmer sow seeds but they do not heed her advice

Background imageSowing Collection: SOWING

SOWING
A farmer and his wife sow their fields - she brings him the seed, he scatters it from the tray slung at his waist

Background imageSowing Collection: Farming in Russia

Farming in Russia
Farmers resort to traditional sowing methods after farm machinery has been destroyed

Background imageSowing Collection: Game: the Peasant 1886

Game: the Peasant 1886
Would you know how does the peasant sow his barley and wheat? Look, tis so that does the peasant sow his barley and wheat

Background imageSowing Collection: Ploughing Etc, Saxon

Ploughing Etc, Saxon
Fieldwork in the Saxon period - ploughing, harrowing and sowing are all in progress near the Bartlow Hills, Essex

Background imageSowing Collection: The Sower (Millet)

The Sower (Millet)
THE SOWER

Background imageSowing Collection: Poster; Shock Sowing

Poster; Shock Sowing
komsomol Members, be in the Front Ranks of the Bolshevik Shock Sowing !

Background imageSowing Collection: Ancient Egypt Farming

Ancient Egypt Farming
A variety of Ancient Egyptian Farming scenes, and a horse- pulled wine cask, originally from the Alps

Background imageSowing Collection: Drilling Barley

Drilling Barley
Drilling barley

Background imageSowing Collection: Various Farm Work

Various Farm Work
Its all happening - ploughing and harrowing and sowing together

Background imageSowing Collection: House that Jack Built 2

House that Jack Built 2
This is the farmer sowing his corn that kept the cock... that wak d the priest... that married the man... that kissed the maiden...that milk d the cow... that toss d the dog

Background imageSowing Collection: Russian Moujik Sowing

Russian Moujik Sowing
A Russian Moujik man sowing his crop

Background imageSowing Collection: Hand Sowing in Ireland

Hand Sowing in Ireland
Ploughing in the seed, after hand sowing on a farm in Ireland. By the 1930s, this method had virtually vanished in the British Isles, but was still regarded as the best way

Background imageSowing Collection: Game; how Doth Peasant

Game; how Doth Peasant
All form a circle and mime country activities - sowing and threshing barley and wheat, that sort of thing

Background imageSowing Collection: Liebig / Cotton 2

Liebig / Cotton 2
Plowing the field and sowing in India

Background imageSowing Collection: Scything, Sowing, C13

Scything, Sowing, C13
Scything and sowing

Background imageSowing Collection: Farming 15th Century

Farming 15th Century
Le Travail des Champs - farm workers sowing, plowing, harrowing, reaping, threshing, digging, planting trees &c



All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping