Collecting Collection (#2)

Farming - harvesting potatoes
CK-2372 Farming - harvesting potatoes Chris Knights contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: +44 (0) 20 8318 1401

A woman of the Auvergne collecting walnuts
A woman of the Auvergne region of France loading a wickerwork pannier backpack with the walnuts she has been collecting in her straw basket Date: 1910

Dutch poster advertising a National Collection on behalf of the Fatherland (ie the German Reich), during the Second World War. May 1944

Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) adult, with sandeels and seaweed in beak, standing on rock, Inner Farne, Farne Islands, Northumberland, England, july

Bumble bee collecting pollen
Bumble bee (Bombus sp.) collecting pollen fom a flower. Bumble bees are important pollinators

Vinegar production, 19th century cutaway artwork. This is a trickling method developed in 1823 by the German chemist Schutzenbach. The barrel is divided into three sections

Farm Worker and Orange Tree, Southern California, 1888
Illustration showing a young black farm worker collecting oranges from a heavily laden tree, Southern California, 1888

Honey Bee - feeding on Rudbekia flower in garden, Lower Saxony, Germany
USH-4354 Honey Bee - feeding on Rudbekia flower in garden Lower Saxony, Germany Apis mellifera Duncan Usher Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Bumble Bee on Echinopsritro - Probably Bombus terrestris - England - UK - Gathering pollen
CAN-3267 Bumble Bee - Gathering pollen and nectar from Echinopsritro UK Bombus spp John Cancalosi Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Swallow - In flight with feather for nest Hirundo rustica Minsmere, Suffolk, UK BI009826
COS-2475 Swallow - In flight with feather for nest Minsmere, Suffolk, UK Hirundo rustica Bill Coster Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Buddhist monks collecting alms, Maung Sing, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Chinese man gathering seagrass on Li Jiang River, Guangxi Province, China, Asia

Blackbird - female gathering nest material
USH-772 BLACKBIRD - female gathering nest material Turdus merula Duncan Usher Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

French Philately Manual
Albert Laplanches popular guide to stamp collecting

Military Postman
A military postman for the British army collecting post from a mail box on an army camp site

Girl in Kitchen Garden
Girl working in a rural kitchen garden collecting cabbages

Washington hikers collecting, 1913. Creator: Bain News Service
Washington hikers collecting, 1913. Shows suffrage hikers who took part in the suffrage hike from New York City to Washington, D.C

Scramble for pennies, Thanksgiving, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Scramble for pennies, Thanksgiving, between c1910 and c1915.

Noah's Ark (colour litho)
5198069 Noah's Ark (colour litho) by Pinchon, Joseph Porphyre (1871-1953); Private Collection; (add.info.: Noah's Ark)

A conductor collecting tickets, 1850
3478424 A conductor collecting tickets, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a conductor collecting tickets from first class passengers on a train)

Collecting cinchona bark, the source of Quinine, in the forests of Ecuador, South America. Late 19th century engraving
865468 Collecting cinchona bark, the source of Quinine, in the forests of Ecuador, South America. Late 19th century engraving.; Universal History Archive/UIG

Mail Coach on the Bath-London run collecting mail from Postmaster (right in nightcap) without stopping. Aquatint c1840
530705 Mail Coach on the Bath-London run collecting mail from Postmaster (right in nightcap) without stopping. Aquatint c1840.; Universal History Archive/UIG

James Watt (1736-1819) Scottish mechanical engineer and inventor depicted at the fireside collecting steam from a
528452 James Watt (1736-1819) Scottish mechanical engineer and inventor depicted at the fireside collecting steam from a kettle

Israelites in the wilderness collecting the manna that fell from heaven. Bible: Nehemiah 9.15. Wood engraving 1869
535931 Israelites in the wilderness collecting the manna that fell from heaven. Bible: Nehemiah 9.15. Wood engraving 1869.; (add.info)

Collecting letters in 19th Century Canada
673364 Collecting letters in 19th Century Canada; (add.info.: Collectingh letters, north Canada 19th Century); Universal History Archive/UIG

Washing ore to extract gold, 16th century (engraving)
540732 Washing ore to extract gold, 16th century (engraving); (add.info.: Water is fed into a sieve containing crushed ore)

Collecting cinchona bark, the source of Quinine, in South America. Late 19th century engraving
865467 Collecting cinchona bark, the source of Quinine, in South America. Late 19th century engraving.; Universal History Archive/UIG

Caliban, the savage, deformed, sub-human creature enslaved by Prospero
538137 Caliban, the savage, deformed, sub-human creature enslaved by Prospero; (add.info.: Caliban, the savage, deformed, sub-human creature enslaved by Prospero. Act II Sc)

Collecting for Red + [Cross] (Countess Mazzuchi), 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Collecting for Red + [Cross] (Countess Mazzuchi), 1918. Countess Chiquita Mazzuchi collecting money for the Red Cross in a large American flag during World War I. Mazzuchi was later accused of fraud

Milk for France, May 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Milk for France, May 1918. Two women in a wagon collecting money in support of the Committee for Free Milk for France, New York City, during World War I

British soldiers feed horses, Apr 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
British soldiers feed horses, Apr 1917. British soldiers gathering oats for their horses near Fricourt, Somme, France, April 1917 during the Battle of Arras, in World War I

Uvarov and Volkov, collecting donations for the benefit of those wounded in World War I, 1910-1919. Creator: S. E
Uvarov and Volkov, collecting donations for the benefit of those wounded in World War I, 1910-1919. From a collection of 136 photographs of Irkutsk from the late nineteenth

Borden Harriman, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Borden Harriman, 1918. Borden Harriman, the son of stockbroker Oliver Harriman, Jr. (1862-1940) who was collecting donations for the Second War Fund of the American Red Cross during World War I

Mrs. Lounsbery Perry, 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
Mrs. Lounsbery Perry, 1918. Mrs. Edith Lounsbery Perry, formerly the wife of stockbroker Henry Pierrepont Perry and granddaughter of attorney and rancher James Ben Ali Haggin (1822-1914)

French pick up dead near Charleroi, 21 Oct 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
French pick up dead near Charleroi, 21 Oct 1914 (date created or published later). French soldiers putting a dead body into a cart

Landscape with a Tholos. Creator: Alessio de Marchis
Landscape with a Tholos, Unknown date

"Gathering Wood" by Edouard Frère, 1876. Creator: Unknown. "Gathering Wood" by Edouard Frère, 1876
"Gathering Wood" by Edouard Frere, 1876. Engraving of a painting. This picture...from the recent exhibition...at Messrs

Winter, between 1793 and 1794. Creator: Francis Wheatley
Winter, between 1793 and 1794

Spring, between 1793 and 1794. Creator: Francis Wheatley
Spring, between 1793 and 1794

Sketches from Madagascar - the Traveller's-tree (Urania speciosa), 1858. Creator: Josiah Wood Whymper
Sketches from Madagascar - the Traveller's-tree (Urania speciosa), 1858. The tree rises from the ground with a thick succulent stem...It sends out...long

Boat, 1899. Artist: Louis Valtat
Boat, 1899. Louis Valtat was born in Dieppe on 8 August, 1869. He studied at le Lycee Hoche in Versailles. In 1886, at 17, he applied for admission to the Ecole des Beaux Arts

Beach, evening, 1890. Creator: Jacob Henricus Maris
Beach, evening, 1890

Shellfishing, 1885. Creator: Jacob Henricus Maris
Shellfishing, 1885

Le Meurtre et le pillage officiels; "Rassemblage" de metaux en gare d'Anizy (Aisne)... 1915
Le Meurtre et le pillage officiels; "Rassemblage" de metaux en gare d'Anizy (Aisne): document extrait du supplement du "Berliner Lokal Anzeiger" date du 3 october 1915, 1915

Figures on a country road in a winter landscape, c.1800-c.1900. Creator: Johannes van Reijn
Figures on a country road in a winter landscape, c.1800-c.1900

"Christmas Time" - painted by W. Hemsley, 1857. Creator: Harvey Orrin Smith
"Christmas Time" - painted by W. Hemsley, 1857. He volunteered, no doubt, with boyish bravado, to face the weather

Danae and the Shower of Gold, c17th century. Creator: Unknown
Danae and the Shower of Gold, c17th century

Winter landscape with man collecting firewood, 1850. Creator: Johannes Franciscus Hoppenbrouwers
Winter landscape with man collecting firewood, 1850

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From the bustling Stock Jobbers Pitches at London Stock Exchange to the delicate Case of British Butterflies, collecting takes many forms. Whether it's a wartime pig food poster or a horse-drawn harvester, humans have always been drawn to gather and preserve. In Sudan, General Dinka children collect shea butter fruit with joyous enthusiasm, while in Connemara, County Galway, turf is carefully collected from the bog. Bees buzz busily in springtime as they diligently collect nectar for their hive. A selection of common British Moths showcases nature's beauty captured by collectors' hands. Little Lady Bountiful shares her treasures generously with those around her. Even scrap metal has its value when collected and repurposed for a greater purpose. St George's Hospital in London collects stories of healing and hope within its walls every day. Beekeeping in the 19th century was an art form practiced by dedicated individuals who understood the importance of these tiny creatures' work. Collecting connects us to our past, present, and future - preserving moments that would otherwise be lost.