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Scythes (top), and views of a starching machine (below). Engraving by D. Lizars.
Reference: 493768i- Books
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Costume des anciens peuples. A l'usage des artistes / Par M. Dandré Bardon ; contenant les usages religieux, civils, domestiques & militaires des Grecs, des Romains, des Israélites & des Hébreux, des Egyptiens, des Perses, des Scythes, des Amazones, des Parthes, des Daces, des Sarmates & autres peuples tant orientaux qu'occidentaux, &c.
Dandré-Bardon, Michel François, 1700-1783.Date: 1784-1786- Digital Images
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Neolithic rock engaving depicting scythes, Norway.
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Men working with scythes
Date: c1900Reference: HB13/15/164Part of: Records of Gartnavel Royal Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland- Pictures
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Makers of scythes and sickels hammering a metal blade on an anvil. Woodcut by J. Amman.
Amman, Jost, 1539-1591.Date: [1568]Reference: 34945i- Pictures
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Men grinding scythes in Sheffield. Wood engraving by M. Jackson, 1866, after J. Palmer, 1865.
Palmer, John, active 1856-1887.Date: 1866Reference: 33936i- Pictures
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Steel saws, scythes, and other edged implements in steel. Engraving by W.H. Lizars.
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The branches of agriculture and husbandry linked by lines showing their progression; (below) workers scythe wheat. Line engraving after Richard Blome (?), 1686.
Blome, Richard, 1635-1705.Date: [1686]Reference: 494114i- Pictures
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Nymphs in a field among cornucopias; workers scythe wheat; representing horticulture and agriculture. Stipple engraving by J. Chapman, c. 1810, after H. Corbould.
Corbould, H. (Henry), 1787-1844.Date: [c.a 1810]Reference: 25678i- Pictures
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Three men on a haymaking holiday are lined up by the fence, each of them is holding a scythe, Colour wood engraving after R. Caldecott, 1881.
Caldecott, Randolph, 1846-1886.Date: 1881Reference: 33243i- Pictures
Death as a skeletal figure wielding a scythe: representing fears concerning the Vaccination Act 1898 which removed penalties for not vaccinating against smallpox. Wood engraving by Sir E.L. Sambourne, 1898.
Sambourne, Linley, 1844-1910.Date: 1898Reference: 14318i- Pictures
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A sickly young woman sits covered up on a balcony; death (a ghostly skeleton clutching a scythe and an hourglass) is standing next to her; representing tuberculosis. Watercolour by R. Cooper, ca. 1912.
Cooper, Richard Tennant, 1885-1957.Date: [1912?]Reference: 24009i- Pictures
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Death as king holding a scythe. Etching.
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Literature saving the past from destruction by Time, in the form of a winged old man with a scythe. Etching by L. du Guernier.
Du Guernier, Louis, 1677-1716.Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 25978i- Pictures
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A naked man walks through a rocky landscape with a scythe; representing summer. Etching by J. Coelemans, 1703, after L. Cardi da Cigoli.
Cigoli, Ludovico Cardi da, 1559-1613.Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 26485iPart of: Recueil d'estampes d'après les tableaux des peintres les plus célèbres d'Italie, des Pays-Bas et de France, qui sont à Aix dans le cabinet de M. Boyer d'Aguilles- Pictures
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A winged skeleton holding a scythe flies above a globe. Etching.
Reference: 36594i- Pictures
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A devil hacks a field with a scythe. Woodcut, ca. 1700-1720.
Date: 1700-1720Reference: 603074i- Pictures
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Two Japanese peasants on a village path, the man carries a scythe and the woman has a baby on her back. Gouache painting.
Reference: 23642i- Pictures
Father Time holding a scythe: four studies. Etching by R. Earlom, 1787, after G.B. Cipriani.
Cipriani, Giovanni Battista, 1727-1785.Date: Feb.ry 1st 1787Reference: 2952442i- Pictures
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Astronomy: Saturn with his scythe, riding in his chariot. Engraving by C. Lasinio after Raphael, 1516.
Raphael, 1483-1520.Reference: 46381iPart of: I sette pianeti dipinti da Raffaele d'Urbino nella Sala Borgia del Vaticano.- Pictures
A woman holding a scythe and harvested corn, representing summer. Mezzotint by J.J. Haid, 17--.
Haid, Johann Jacob, 1704-1767.Date: [between 1700 and 1799]Reference: 672557i- Pictures
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Two Gloucestershire countrymen, one holding a scythe, conversing about foreign affairs. Pencil drawing by S. Jenner.
Jenner, Stephen, 1796-Reference: 560849i- Pictures
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A blindfolded naked man is mowing a field with his scythe; representing the mercilessness of death. Engraving.
Date: [between 1600 and 1699]Reference: 38995i- Pictures
Astronomy: Saturn with his scythe, above, an angel looking heavenward. Engraving by N. Dorigny, 1695, after Raphael, 1516.
Raphael, 1483-1520Date: [1695]Reference: 46372iPart of: Raphaelis Sanctii Urbinatis planetarium- Pictures
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A corn-harvester, with a scythe and a sickle. Engraving by J.C. Le Vasseur after D. Teniers.
Teniers, David, 1610-1690.Reference: 485356i