Title

Japanese tea production, 1874. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Japanese tea production, 1874. Preparations before sowing the tea seed; manuring the plant; planting out in the third year; picking the leaves; sifting the leaf; separating the leaves after firing; rubbing the leaf; cooling the leaf after steaming. A print from the Illustrated London News, (1 August 1874.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1874

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C20_416

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49,9Mb (3,8Mb) / 11,7in x 16,5in / 3520 x 4950 (300dpi)

Keywords

nature leaves agriculture female women woman people male child children job man men farming family plant country fan leaf guy occupation basket clothes tool picking mother Japan Japanese dress tea tea picker kimono motherhood location century steaming cooling profession rubbing sifting lady barrel barrels sowing B&W fertiliser MONOCHROME hoe hoeing mum tea Leaf Tea Estate 19th century black & white black and white B W farm hand farm worker nineteenth century Tea Garden The Print Collector agricultural worker farm labourer manure tea picking engraving Unknown engraving