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  • A tobacco plantation with workers, a Mexican Indian (?) and two European masters. Coloured engraving, c. 1821.
  • Nine scenes showing tea cultivation and preparation on an Indian plantation. Engraving by T. Brown, c. 1850, after J. L. Williams.
  • Work on a coffee plantation in Guatemala. Wood-engravings by G. Andrews, 1877, after E. Muybridge.
  • A tea plantation in China with workers grinding and balling the tea. Gouache painting with oxidization.
  • An indigo plantation in the Caribbean islands, with black workers and a white overseer. Engraving, 1683, after S. Leclerc, ca 1671.
  • India:an indigo plantation, an overseer looking on, as others work picking indigo plants and processing them. Engraving, 1778.
  • A tea plantation in China: workers trim the harvested tea leaves. Coloured lithograph.
  • A tea plantation in China with workers packing the tea into boxes. Gouache painting with oxidization.
  • A tea plantation in China: workers tread down congou tea into chests. Coloured lithograph.
  • A tea plantation in China: workers tread the tea in baskets. Coloured aquatint, early 19th century.
  • Women gathering leaves of the coca plant (Erythroxylum coca) in Bolivia. Wood engraving, c. 1867.
  • Tobacco plantation workers curing and preparing tobacco under a shelter. Engraving, mid-18th century.
  • A tea plantation in China with workers carrying and picking out tea leaves. Gouache painting with oxidization.
  • Workers harvesting the crop on a coffee plantation. Coloured lithograph by Deroi, c. 1850, after J. M. Rugendas.
  • Sugar: a plantation of sugar cane in the Caribbean islands, with black workers and processing equipment in the foreground. Engraving, 1683, after S. Leclerc, ca 1671.
  • A tea plantation in China: workers heat and dry the tea leaves. Coloured lithograph.
  • A tea plantation in China: some men prepare the soil for planting while others rest. Coloured lithograph.