
Title
Threshing Rape
Caption
Threshing Rape. Women threshing rape with flails. The seed is small and scatters easily as the seed pods split open, so it was threshed on sheets in the field. Brassica napus, a member of the cabbage family and closely related to mustard is grown as a
Date
19th century
Credit line
Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library
Reference
ARP07108_0460000868
License type
Rights managed
Available size
24,1Mb (3,2Mb) / 11,8in x 7,9in / 3543 x 2373 (300dpi)