Rake Collection (#16)

FARMING, c1870. Bank note engraving, American, c1870

HOGARTH: RAKEs PROGRESS. Prison Scene. Steel engraving, c1840, after William Hogarth

HOGARTH: RAKEs PROGRESS. Scene in Bedlam. Plate 8, steel engraving, c1840, after the original engraving of 1735 by William Hogarth

FRANCE: WINEMAKING, 1871. Grapes being brought to Chteau Lafite for the preparation of the famous Medoc wine. Wood engraving, English, 1871

GARDEN TOOLS. Equipment for pruning and other gardening tasks. Copper engraving, French, 18th century

HOGARTH: RAKEs PROGRESS. Gaming House Scene. Steel engraving, c1840, after the original etching and engraving, 1732-33, by William Hogarth

Improved buckeye, with table rake reaper

Victorian children at harvest time
Six Victorian children having fun at harvest time. (4 of 6) Date: 19th century

The rakes progress

Blanch Blower
Modern haymaking on a British farm, showing a close-up of the rotary rake and the intake of the Blanch Blower, a device for collecting hay after cutting. Date: 1960s

Attending the Tulips - Amorous Couple Gardening
Attending the Tulips An amorous couple attending to their two lips (!) whilst working together at their gardening. Date: circa 1906

Raking Fir cones
Women raking up and gathering fir cones into wicker backpacks Date: circa 1910s

Gardening Equipment 18Th
Various gardening tools from the 18th century. Date: Circa 1760

Spring Farming Scene
A charming Spring scene, showing daffodils flowering by the roadside, skirting a farm at Badgers Rake, the Wirral, England. Date: 1960s

Cleaning a Garden Pond
Clearing debris from the surface of a garden pond with a rake. Date: 1960s

Horse-Drawn Hay Rake
Haymaking with a horse-drawn hay rake on a farm in Northamptonshire, England. Date: early 1960s

End paper design, Blackies Childrens Annual for 1922
End paper design for Blackies Childrens Annual for 1922, showing five children with a guy hoisted on a stick, carrying a pitchfork and a rake, no doubt in preparation for Bonfire Night. Date: 1922

Quaint Gate, Moulton, Northampton - A gate formed of agricultural implements. Date: circa 1940

A Windfall - tasting an apple in the garden
A Windfall - a charming postcard from Lance Thackerays Amateur Gardening series. A lady gives her male companion a taste of the first fallen apple of the season. Date: 1906

Lord Charles Mohun, politician, duellist and rake
Charles Mohun, 4th Baron Mohun, English politician, duellist and rake. Date: 1675 - 1712

Gardener raking up fallen leaves with garden leaf rake, England, october

Food traceability, conceptual image

Brewery, 19th century artwork. This is the barley storage room at the brewery of Sevres, France. Workers are filling wheeled containers with barley grains (right)

Gardener pushing a wheelbarrow full of fallen leaves

Gardener raking leaves fallen on a lawn

LOVE AMONG HAYSTACKS. Love among the haystacks: an early 17th century English woodcut from the Roxburghe Ballad
LOVE AMONG HAYSTACKS. Love among the haystacks: an early 17th century English woodcut from the " Roxburghe Ballad"

BUSN2A-00243
Traveling photographer taking a picture of farmers in their field, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century A.B. Frost illustration

Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) adult, with tooth rakes from conspecific interaction, leaping, Moray Firth, Scotland, july

Monte Carlo fancy dress costume
A fancy dress suggestion of a costume representing Monte Carlo. The dress is half red satin and half black velvet with one red shoe and the other black

Man and woman of the Black Forest
A man and woman of the Black Forest preparing for the harvest. A book of national types and costumes from the early 19th century

Central France - Soup of the Day
Central France - A farming family tuck into the Soup of the Day

A Ticino Woman - Switzerland in traditional costume, holding a wooden rake with a large woven reed basket on her back. Canton Ticino or just Ticino is the southernmost canton of Switzerland

The Ironmongers Shop. A little girl amid the metal tools, pails, buckets, kettles, cans, scythes and rakes in an Ironmongers store

Watching The Rake. By Clark Fay
An impression of the casino at Monte Carlo by Clark Fay. Glamorous socialites playing at the roulette table

America, The Chinese in San Francisco. Pulverising shrimps
Chinese in wide brimmed hats spreading shrimps with a rake for drying and crushing

Curiosities and ingenuities from the Patent Office; Curious
Sketch of a cross section of a curious apparatus for securing oysters. Two men work in a submarine-like pod at the bottom of the sea, scooping up oysters with a rake

Raking a Flower Bed
A small girl rakes her flower bed

Iban tribeswoman raking through drying rice crop on sacking laid on bamboo longhouse verandah, Lemanak River, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Elderly woman in a colourful sari raking over henna crop, village of Borunda, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Farmer turning grain, near Yangshuo, Guangxi Province, China

SALLE DE 30 & 40, C1900
The casinos rake in the money - but still the gamblers keep on coming

Gardening 1827
A gardener digging over his garden in preparation for planting new plants

Hay Making 1600
A farmer and his wife rake the hay and fork it into stooks, while another couple shelter from the sun and enjoy a little cuddle

Skirt & Top Late 1930S
Modern halter-neck top worn with a wrap-around skirt & matching headscarf in a ethnic style print

Children Plant Rosebush
Two children, a girl and a boy, plant a rose bush

Farming Couple 1790
A relatively prosperous farming couple. She wears a fashionable white muslin gown & shoes with pointed toes & vamps. He is more informally attired in his shirt sleeves

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"Unveiling the Rake: A Journey through Time and Tales" Step into a world of revelry, as depicted in "Revelling with Harlots, plate III of A Rakes Progress, 1735. " This captivating artwork by Hogarth takes us on a wild ride through the life of a rake, showcasing his debauchery and indulgence. In contrast to this scene of excess, picture a heavy shire horse diligently pulling an old hay rake. The Fittleworth Smithy interior reveals two blacksmiths hard at work, their skilled hands shaping tools that aid in taming nature's bounty. Moving forward to Hogarth's Plate 2 and Plate 7 of "The Rake, " we witness the consequences of reckless behavior. The once carefree protagonist now faces ruin and despair. But hope lingers in Plate 8 as redemption beckons amidst adversity. Drawing inspiration from literary classics like "Pilgrims Progress 26" and "Rakes Progress 5, " we see individuals grappling with their inner demons while striving for personal growth. Their journeys mirror our own struggles and triumphs along life's winding path. Venturing beyond artistry lies reality - Draycott, Cotswold village where Oldborough Farm bustles during harvest season. Here they can wielded not only for leisure but also for laborious tasks that sustain communities throughout generations. An intriguing engraving captures a curious encounter between a man with a rake and a woman selling spoons and stirrers. In this seemingly mundane interaction lies hidden stories waiting to be unraveled – tales woven within the fabric of everyday life. Transporting ourselves to Anna Sten's portrayal in Mamoulian's film "We Live Again (1934), " we witness how love can transform even the most wayward souls into beings capable of redemption. The power lies within each individual to rise above their past mistakes.