Haystacks Collection

Building a new viaduct, Hayle, Cornwall. 1884-1885
A large group of workers building the new stone viaduct at Hayle, to replace Brunels original timber construction which opened in 1852

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

Shaftesbury Home, Bisley - Farm Work
Shaftesbury Home, Bisley - boys load hay from wagons onto haystacks. Date: 1890s

Waltham Abbey Haymaking
Haymaking with a horse and plough on a farm at Waltham Abbey, Essex, England. Date: early 1930s

Flower meadow at Giverny, 1890 (oil on canvas)
8859834 Flower meadow at Giverny, 1890 (oil on canvas) by Monet, Claude (1840-1926); 65 x 92 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Trevithick's traction engine driving a threshing machine (litho)
8663708 Trevithick's traction engine driving a threshing machine (litho) by German School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Harvesting at Tolpuddle, Dorset, England in the 19th century
5614409 Harvesting at Tolpuddle, Dorset, England in the 19th century; (add.info.: Harvesting at Tolpuddle, Dorset, England in the 19th century)

Harvest Operations - Stacking, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Harvest Operations - Stacking, 1858. One of our Artists, fresh from the cornfields, has forwarded to us the accompanying Illustrations of gathering in the harvest

Önninge Village, Åland, 1888. Creator: Anna Wengberg
-nninge Village, ...land, 1888

Hay-Cocks by Moonlight, 1885. Creator: Julia Beck
Hay-Cocks by Moonlight, 1885

View of Grainfields with a Distant Town, c1670. Creator: Jacob van Ruisdael
View of Grainfields with a Distant Town, c1670

Sailboat and Haystacks on Newbury Marsh, n.d. Creator: Unknown
Sailboat and Haystacks on Newbury Marsh, n.d

The Haystacks, 1887/89. Creator: Julian Alden Weir
The Haystacks, 1887/89

Birdseye view of the late Prince Consort's model farm at Windsor, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Birdseye view of the late Prince Consort's model farm at Windsor, 1862. Show farm...erected with the view of benefiting the agricultural community by showing the most approved systems of

Summer Hay Bales
Claire Whitehead

Rest, 1905 (oil & ink on wood)
8610308 Rest, 1905 (oil & ink on wood) by Kreuger, Nils (1859-1930); Thiel Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden; (add.info.: Painting by Nils Kreuger)

The Old Mill, date unknown (watercolour on paper)
7528563 The Old Mill, date unknown (watercolour on paper) by Turner, William (Turner of Oxford) (1789-1862); 68x53 cm; Gallery Oldham

Morning sunshine with fog over a mountain landscape with a rock and trees in direct sunlight. Fundatura Ponorului, Romania Morning sunshine with fog over a mountain landscape with a rock

Rural mountain landscape with haystacks against cloudy sky Rural mountain landscape with haystacks against cloudy sky

Haymaking in the 1930 s

Farming - making haystacks Victorian period Date: 19th century

Farming - Gathering the hay Victorian period Date: 19th century

Haystacks in an English farmyard, Victorian period

Syon House, from The English Country House (b/w photo)
CLF306330 Syon House, from The English Country House (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); (add.info.: originally built 1547-52 by Edward Seymour)

The Stack Yard
This oil painting shows some fam houses beside three giant haystacks under a stark, blue sky, a figure in black is standing in the shadow. Date: circa 1922

Farmyard, Cheshire
An oil painting of a sunlit farmyard in Cheshire, some very large haystacks stand inside the fence barrier, with a flock of chickens the other side. Date: circa 1921

La Recolte
A landscape oil painting of a group of haystacks upon some grasslands during harvest. Large oak trees are standing behind. Date: circa 1920

A Sunny Spot In Italy
A landscape oil painting of a young woman standing in the shade, at the base of some giant haystacks, accompanied with some chickens pecking at the ground, in an Italian countryside. Date: circa 1919

The Stack
A landscape lithograph of some giant haystacks placed among a group of trees at the outskirts of a woodland. Date: circa 1916

The Six Ricks
A landscape oil painting of a countryside pathway which trails off into the distance, sided by six large haystacks, under colourfully leaved trees. Date: circa 1918

Reverse of Meules de ble, 1888 (gouache, w/c, pen & brush & black ink over pencil on paper)
7395334 Reverse of Meules de ble, 1888 (gouache, w/c, pen & brush & black ink over pencil on paper) by Gogh, Vincent van (1853-90); Private Collection; (add.info)

Girls in haystack, 1921
7388600 Girls in haystack, 1921 by Karsten, Ludwig (1876-1926); 195x210 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Ludvig Karsten (1876-1926)); Photo © O. Vaering

Wheat stacks in Provence, c. 1888 (oil on canvas)
7352683 Wheat stacks in Provence, c.1888 (oil on canvas) by Gogh, Vincent van (1853-90); Rijksmuseum Kroller-Muller, Otterlo, Netherlands; (add.info.: by Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890))

Landscape with Haystacks (oil on canvas)
896482 Landscape with Haystacks (oil on canvas) by Valtat, Louis (1869-1952); Private Collection; (add.info.: Paysage aux meules de foin. )

Windmilla at Latem at Moonlight, 1900 (painting)
7333010 Windmilla at Latem at Moonlight, 1900 (painting) by Abeele, Albijn van den (1835-1918); Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek, Deinze, Belgium; (add.info.: Museum van Deinze en de Leiestre)

In Holland, c. 1892 (oil on canvas)
7332477 In Holland, c.1892 (oil on canvas) by Baertsoen, Albert (1866-1922); Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Ghent, Belgium; (add.info.: Albert Baertsoen)

DDE-90029018
Austria, Tyrol, Inssbruck, Aldrans. Haystacks Date: 27/08/2005

Camp of single men, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Camp of single men. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California. Potato pickers

Irrigation canal and the preachers farm, Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Irrigation canal and the preachers farm. These large haystacks are characteristic of the country at this period of development. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

The Emmett Smith house, one of the best of the flat, Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939
The Emmett Smith house, one of the best of the flat. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon

Type of hay derrick characteristic of Oregon... Irrigon, Morrow County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Type of hay derrick characteristic of Oregon landscape. Irrigon, Morrow County, Oregon

Haymaking, c. 1887 (pastel on paper)
XIR409266 Haymaking, c.1887 (pastel on paper) by Lhermitte, Leon Augustin (1844-1925); 30x45 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: by Leon Augustin Lhermitte (1844-1925))

The Wood on the Hill, 1912 (ink, chalk & w / c on paper)
497304 The Wood on the Hill, 1912 (ink, chalk & w/c on paper) by Nash, Paul (1889-1946); Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK; © Ashmolean Museum

The Stackyard, c. 1925 (oil on canvas)
3506322 The Stackyard, c.1925 (oil on canvas) by Nash, Paul (1889-1946); 60.5x50.5 cm; Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry, UK; (add.info.: Rick Flat); © Herbert Art Gallery & Museum

View from Wittenham Clumps, 1913 (pen & ink and w / c on paper)
6332231 View from Wittenham Clumps, 1913 (pen & ink and w/c on paper) by Nash, Paul (1889-1946); 56.3x64.8 cm; Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, UK; © Bristol Museums

Harvest, c. 1910 (oil on board)
5932323 Harvest, c.1910 (oil on board) by Cordak, Ludovit (1864-1937); 33x37.5 cm; Slovenska Narodna Galeria, Bratislava, Slovakia; (add.info.: Lajos Csordak (in Hungarian))

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"Haystacks: A Timeless Symbol of Rural Life and Harvest" they have long been an iconic sight in the British countryside, symbolizing the hard work and abundance of harvest time. In picturesque villages like Draycott in the Cotswolds, they dot the landscape, standing tall against a backdrop of rolling hills and stone cottages. At Oldborough Farm in Bisley, farm workers at Shaftesbury Home toil under the summer sun, building sturdy haystacks that will sustain their livestock through the winter months. The rhythmic sound of scythes cutting through golden fields fills the air as haymaking season commences. In Waltham Abbey, villagers come together to gather freshly cut hay from lush meadows. With great care and precision, they stack it into neat mounds that resemble works of art. Each haystack is a testament to their skillful craftsmanship and dedication to preserving nature's bounty. Across borders, even in Hayle, Cornwall during 1884-1885 when a new viaduct was being constructed; stacks rise high amidst construction chaos - reminding us that life goes on amidst progress. The Victorian period witnessed an era where farming communities relied heavily on these towering structures for sustenance. From Swiss landscapes immortalized by oil paintings capturing bountiful harvest scenes to English farmyards bustling with activity – haystacks stood as silent witnesses to generations' hard work and perseverance. Syon House stands proudly among its vast estate grounds captured beautifully in black-and-white photographs from "The English Country House. " Here too lies evidence of well-organized stack yards where farmers meticulously arrange their harvested crops - creating order out of what seems chaotic at first glance. From Cheshire's idyllic farmyards to La Recolte (the harvest) celebrated across Europe; haystacks remain timeless symbols connecting people across cultures and generations.