Gallery›Wellcome Collection›Agriculture: rice paddies in China, soaking the rice in an irrigation ditch. Engraving by J. June after Augustin Heckel.
Agriculture: rice paddies in China, soaking the rice in an irrigation ditch. Engraving by J. June after Augustin Heckel.
Wellcome Collection

Agriculture: rice paddies in China, soaking the rice in an irrigation ditch. Engraving by J. June after Augustin Heckel.

http://data.europeana.eu/agent/136798 · 1770

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: The method of soaking the rice to make it ponderous, that it may sink to the bottom of the water when sowed. AH delin. Bears number: 2.

🔒
Order museum-quality prints

Sign in to order prints, canvas, and more of this work. Browsing and full-resolution downloads stay free.

More from Wellcome Collection

A young boy with a broom is touching his forelock to a woman who is crossing the street. Engraving.
Wellcome Collection
A young boy with a broom is touching his forelock to a woman who is crossing the street. Engraving.
Unknown artist
Sir Richard Owen. Photograph.
Wellcome Collection
Sir Richard Owen. Photograph.
Unknown artist
A doctor taking the pulse of an old lady who informs him that there is a lot of insanity in her family. Wood engraving by G. King, 1913.
Wellcome Collection
A doctor taking the pulse of an old lady who informs him that there is a lot of insanity in her family. Wood engraving by G. King, 1913.
Gunning King
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Stipple engraving by W. Nutter [?], 1801, after Meyer after F. Büri, 1800.
Wellcome Collection
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Stipple engraving by W. Nutter [?], 1801, after Meyer after F. Büri, 1800.
Unknown artist