River Side Collection (#5)

NORTH AMERICA: FAUNA. Engraved frontispiece from the 1712 German edition of John Lawsons A New Voyage to Carolina, showing a buffalo, a terrapin killing a rattlesnake

NEW YORK: POUGHKEEPSIE. A view of Poughkeepsie, New York, and the Catskill Mountains on the Hudson River, from the shore of Sopos Island

FRANCE: SAUMUR. A view of the waterfront in Saumur, France, on the Loire River. Steel engraving, English, c1835, after J.M.W. Turner

BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS, 1815. Defeat of the British army by American troops under Major General Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans, 8 January 1815, during the War of 1812

FRANCE: BLOIS. A view of Blois on the Loire River in France, showing the royal chteu at left and the cathedral at right. Steel engraving, English, c1835, after J.M.W. Turner

FRANCE: MONTJEAN-SUR-LOIRE. A view of Montjean-sur-Loire on the Loire River in France. Steel engraving, English, c1835, after J.M.W. Turner

FRANCE: AMBOISE. A view of the royal chteau at Amboise, France, on the Loire River. Steel engraving, English, c1835, after J.M.W. Turner

LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, 1856. View of Lynchburg, Virginia, on the James River. Wood engraving, American, 1856

SHAWNEE CHEST ORNAMENT. Silver crescent chest ornament made by a Shawnee artisan of Oklahoma, 19th century, bearing a depiction of a Native American man hunting a deer. Width: 6 3/4 in

CHINA: HILLS, 1843. A view of Se Tseaou Shan, or the Western Seared Hills, on Hangzhou Bay, China. Steel engraving, English, 1843, after a drawing by Thomas Allom

FRANCE: BOURGES. A view of Bourges, France, at the confluence of the Yèvre and Auron Rivers. Steel engraving, French, c1850, by Adolphe and Émile Rouargue

MOUNT VERNON, 1798. View of Mount Vernon, Virginia, the home of George Washington on the Potomac River. Wood engraving, English, 1798

MISSISSIPPI RIVER: BLUFFS. A view of the Upper Mississippi River, showing bluffs along the shore. Line engraving, 19th century

ROMANIA: KAZAN PASS. A view of Kazan Pass, on the border between Serbia and Romania (then part of the Kingdom of Hungary, in the Austrian Empire) on the Danube River

EGYPT: NILE TRANSPORT. A dahabeah transporting passengers on the Nile River in Egypt. Wood engraving, c1880

BUDAPEST: SIEGE, 1684. Forces of Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I laying siege to Buda, Hungary, on the Danube River in 1684. Contemporary Italian line engraving

FRENCH REVOLUTION: VENDEE. The drowning of Vend

CHINA: BOCCA TIGRIS, 1831. HMS Imogene and Andromache exchanging fire with Chinese forts in the Bocca Tigris, at the mouth of the Pearl River, on their way to Canton, China, 7 September 1831

FRANCE: TOURS. A view of the waterfront in Tours, France, on the Loire River. Steel engraving, English, c1835, after J.M.W. Turner

FRANCE: CHATEAU ON LOIRE. Ruins of a chteau, believed to date from the 14th century, at Clairmont, France, overlooking the Loire River. Steel engraving, English, c1835, after J.M.W. Turner

WASHINGTON: BIRTHPLACE. View of the Potomac River from Wakefield in Westmoreland County, Virginia, where George Washington was born. Line engraving from George Washington by Woodrow Wilson, 1897

IOWA: COUNCIL BLUFFS, 1855. A group of cottonwood trees beside the ferry landing at Council Bluffs, Iowa, on the Mormon Trail

HARTFORD: DUTCH POINT. View of Dutch Point in Hartford, Connecticut. Wood engraving, American, 1836

FRANCE: SAUMUR. A view of Saumur on the Loire River in France. Steel engraving, English, c1835, after J. M. W. Turner
FRANCE: SAUMUR. A view of Saumur on the Loire River in France. Steel engraving, English, c1835, after J.M.W. Turner

GERMANY: PASSAU. A view of Passau at the confluence of the Inn and Danube Rivers in Bavaria, Germany. Steel engraving, English, 1844, after William Henry Bartlett

CANADA: MONTREAL, 1760. View of the town and fortifications of Montreal, Canada, on the St. Lawrence River, at the time it was captured by the British during the French and Indian War, 1760

NEW YORK: PRISON, 1797. The State Prison on the North (Hudson) River in lower Manhattan at Washington, Christopher and Perry Streets. Copper engraving, 1797, probably by William Birch

BLENNERHASSETT ISLAND. A view of Blennerhassett Island on the Ohio River in present-day West Virginia, the staging ground for Aaron Burrs ill-fated expedition of 1806

ROMANIA: MOUTH OF DANUBE. A view of the mouth of the Danube River at Sulina, Romania (then a part of the Russian Empire), on the Black Sea. Steel engraving, English, 1844, after William Henry Bartlett

EGYPT: ISLAND OF PHILAE. The approach to the island of Philae, site of the ruins of an ancient temple complex, in the Nile River in southern Egypt. Line engraving, English, 1849

GERMANY: REGENSBURG. A view of Regensburg on the Danube River in Bavaria, Germany. Steel engraving, English, 1844, after William Henry Bartlett

CAIRO: FERRY. Ferry landing on the Nile River in the Old Cairo section of Cairo, Egypt. Line engraving, English, 1849

POUGHKEEPSIE, c1840. View of Poughkeepsie on the Hudson River, New York. Wood engaving, American, c1840

EGYPT: NILE SCENE. A view of the Nile River in Egypt, looking towards Aswan, Elephantine Island, the first cataract, and the Nubian frontier. Line engraving, English, 1849

AUSTRIA: HINTERHAUS. A view of the ruins of Hinterhaus Castle, dating from the 12th-13th century, overlooking the Danube River near Spitz, Austria

FRANCE: BEAUGENCY. A view of Beaugency on the Loire River in France. Steel engraving, English, c1835, after J. M. W
FRANCE: BEAUGENCY. A view of Beaugency on the Loire River in France. Steel engraving, English, c1835, after J.M.W. Turner

EGYPT: NILE AND PYRAMIDS. A view of the Great Pyramids at Giza, Egypt, during an inundation of the Nile River. Wood engraving, c1880

SERBIA: BELGRADE. A view of Belgrade at the confluence of the Danube and Sava Rivers in the principality of Serbia, on the frontier between the Ottoman and Austrian Empires

CHINA: HANGZHOU, 1843. Riverside scene at Hangzhou, China. Steel engraving, English, 1843, after a drawing by Thomas Allom

FRANCE: CANAL. View of a canal connecting the Loire and Cher Rivers near Tours, France. Steel engraving, English, c1835, after J.M.W. Turner

LONDON: CHELSEA, 1730. View of Chelsea, London, on the Thames River. Color engraving, 1730

HUDSON RIVER, 1609. Native inhabitants near the mouth of the Hudson River venture forward in canoes to greet the expedition of explorer Henry Hudson, at anchor aboard the Half Moon, September 1609

CALIFORNIA: AMERICAN RIVER. Bridge across the American River at Leslies Ferry, California. Wood engraving, 1852

FRANCE: LOIRE. View of the Loire River in France, between Clairmont and Mauves-sur-Loire. Steel engraving, 1853, after J.M.W. Turner

NEW YORK: SING SING. Village of Sing-Sing, New York. Steel engraving, 1837

PERUVIAN ROPE BRIDGE, 1601. Peruvian Indians crossing a river by rope and on a raft made of dried pumpkins. Line engraving, 1601

GERMANY: ROSTOCK, 1640. The Hanseatic city of Rostock on the Warnow River, near the Baltic Sea. Copper engraving by M. Meriam, 1640

DETROIT: EARLY FORT, c1680. A party of French soldiers constructing the first fort on the Detroit River, near the site of present-day Detroit, Michigan, c1680. Wood engraving, American, c1840

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