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[A farmer plowing a field] – Antique Print

[A farmer plowing a field] — historic print
[A farmer plowing a field]. Historic print from the Barns & Farms collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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[A farmer plowing a field] comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Few images from the 1470s show ordinary farm labor as plainly as this woodcut, which makes the plowman its central figure rather than a religious or courtly one. Dated 1471, it belongs to the early years of printed illustration in Europe, when woodblocks were just beginning to appear alongside text. Plowing was the foundation of medieval and early modern farming, and prints like this one helped spread knowledge of rural work to readers who were far removed from the fields.

Medium1 print : woodcut.
Notes[1471]
SubjectsFarmers--1470-1480. Plowing--1470-1480. Agriculture--1470-1480.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,936 × 3,282 px · prints to 6 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-186712

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