River System Collection (#7)

Cambridge: The Bridge of Sighs, St Johns (b / w photo)
7189552 Cambridge: The Bridge of Sighs, St Johns (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Bridge of Sighs, St John s)

Turtle fishing and adventure with alligator (engraving)
7188720 Turtle fishing and adventure with alligator (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Turtle fishing and adventure with alligator)

The New River, Green Lanes, Finsbury (litho)
7188577 The New River, Green Lanes, Finsbury (litho) by Luker, William (1820-92); Private Collection; (add.info.: The New River, Green Lanes, Finsbury)

River Medway and Shipping, Rochester Castle and Cathedral in the Distance (litho)
7189646 River Medway and Shipping, Rochester Castle and Cathedral in the Distance (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: River Medway and Shipping)

At Brentford Bridge (litho)
7188393 At Brentford Bridge (litho) by Luker, William (1820-92); Private Collection; (add.info.: At Brentford Bridge. Illustration for London City Suburbs As They Are To-day by Percy Fitzgerald)

The Brent near Twyford (litho)
7188389 The Brent near Twyford (litho) by Luker, William (1820-92); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Brent near Twyford)

Cambridge: Queens College and Bridge (b / w photo)
7189558 Cambridge: Queens College and Bridge (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Queens College and Bridge)

Rhein-Lande: Schloss Stolzenfets u Capetion (b / w photo)
7188066 Rhein-Lande: Schloss Stolzenfets u Capetion (b/w photo) by German Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Schloss Stolzenfets u Capetion)

South America: Our house at the mouth of the Igarape (engraving)
7186678 South America: Our house at the mouth of the Igarape (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Our house at the mouth of the Igarape)

South America: Down the Lower Amazon (engraving)
7186658 South America: Down the Lower Amazon (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Down the Lower Amazon)

Canbury Gardens, Kingston (b / w photo)
7184631 Canbury Gardens, Kingston (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Canbury Gardens, Kingston)

Kingston Market Place (b / w photo)
7184626 Kingston Market Place (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Kingston Market Place)

Virgils Aeneid: Aeneas and Father Tiber (colour litho)
7183465 Virgils Aeneid: Aeneas and Father Tiber (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Aeneas and Father Tiber)

Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Moulin (a papier); Paper-mill; Papiermuhle (engraving)
7196774 Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Moulin (a papier); Paper-mill; Papiermuhle (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Moulin (a papier); Paper-mill; Papiermuhle

Peche a la cloque, d apres un dessin de M Daudeteau (engraving)
7197985 Peche a la cloque, d apres un dessin de M Daudeteau (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Peche a la cloque, d apres un dessin de M Daudeteau)

Man thrown from his horse at a hunt (litho)
7201203 Man thrown from his horse at a hunt (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Early Springtide; man thrown from his horse at a hunt)

Dispatch rider being attacked by African warriors (colour litho)
7200960 Dispatch rider being attacked by African warriors (colour litho) by Soper, George (1870-1942); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dispatch rider being attacked by African warriors)

Christ Church Meadows from the River (litho)
7193830 Christ Church Meadows from the River (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Christ Church Meadows from the River)

"There we sat, Mr Lion and I"(engraving)
7193764 " There we sat, Mr Lion and I" (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: " There we sat)

Premiere cataracte, dessin d apres nature de M Riou (engraving)
7200021 Premiere cataracte, dessin d apres nature de M Riou (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Premiere cataracte, dessin d apres nature de M Riou)

Sverige / Sweden: Smaland, Husqvarna Vattenfall (b / w photo)
7199830 Sverige / Sweden: Smaland, Husqvarna Vattenfall (b/w photo) by Swedish Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Smaland, Husqvarna Vattenfall)

Snake Indians Watching the Approach of a Canoe, c. 1837 (pencil, w / c and gouache on paper)
5310530 Snake Indians Watching the Approach of a Canoe, c.1837 (pencil, w/c and gouache on paper) by Miller, Alfred Jacob (1810-74); 18.8x27.3 cm; Joslyn Museum, Omaha, Nebraska

View on the Swan River, Western Australia (engraving)
7188225 View on the Swan River, Western Australia (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: View on the Swan River, Western Australia)

Going to Church (oil on canvas)
6201876 Going to Church (oil on canvas) by Kauffmann, Hermann (1808-89); Private Collection; (add.info.: Kauffmann, Hermann (1808-89))

The Thames Embankment, London (oil on panel)
7064836 The Thames Embankment, London (oil on panel) by Sala, Paolo (1859-1924); 20.3x30.5 cm; Private Collection

A Spaniel Flushing Mallard (oil on canvas)
7064827 A Spaniel Flushing Mallard (oil on canvas) by Barlow, Francis (1626-1702); Private Collection

The Tay at Sunset, Dunkeld (oil)
7088617 The Tay at Sunset, Dunkeld (oil) by Breanski, Alfred de (1852-1928); Private Collection

La Seine a Port Marly (oil on canvas)
7226180 La Seine a Port Marly (oil on canvas) by Lebourg, Albert-Charles (1849-1928); 50 x 73.2 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Christies Images

View of Bad Gastein, 1850s (wall painting)
7212365 View of Bad Gastein, 1850s (wall painting) by Navratil, Josef Mat─øj (1798-1865); Postal Museum, Prague, Czech Republic; (add.info)

The Frost, Sun effect, 1880 (Oil on Canvas)
7212114 The Frost, Sun effect, 1880 (Oil on Canvas) by Monet, Claude (1840-1926); Musee d Orsay, Paris, France; (add.info.: The Frost. Le Givre, effet de soleil, 1880. Oil on Canvas)

TOWERS CROSSING A FORD (detail), 1872 (oil on canvas)
7215218 TOWERS CROSSING A FORD (detail), 1872 (oil on canvas) by Repin, Ilya Efimovich (1844-1930); Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia; (add.info.: 1872//Oil on canvas The " Mother Volga")

A View of Windsor Castle from the Thames, 1884 (w / c and pencil)
7064910 A View of Windsor Castle from the Thames, 1884 (w/c and pencil) by Smith, James Burrell (1822-97); Private Collection

Along the banks of the Tigris at Ctesiphon (litho)
7171043 Along the banks of the Tigris at Ctesiphon (litho) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Along the banks of the Tigris at Ctesiphon)

A capriccio view of Chichester, with figures and cattle in the foreground, 1750 (oil on canvas)
147374 A capriccio view of Chichester, with figures and cattle in the foreground, 1750 (oil on canvas) by Smith, George, of Chichester (1714-76); 66.8x109.2 cm; Private Collection

A Winter Landscape with Peasants on a Frozen Millpond by a Village (oil on canvas)
147363 A Winter Landscape with Peasants on a Frozen Millpond by a Village (oil on canvas) by Regemorter, Ignatius Josephus van (1785-1873); Private Collection

View on the Missouri, Blackbirds Grave, 1832-34 (w / c on paper)
5054755 View on the Missouri, Blackbirds Grave, 1832-34 (w/c on paper) by Bodmer, Karl (1809-93); 19.37x28.58 cm; Joslyn Museum, Omaha, Nebraska

View of Mount Katahdin, 1878 (oil on canvas)
6431719 View of Mount Katahdin, 1878 (oil on canvas) by Church, Frederic Edwin (1826-1900); Private Collection

Baptism of Jesus Christ (coloured engraving)
7153897 Baptism of Jesus Christ (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Baptism of Jesus Christ)

Young boy fishing (chromolitho)
7157136 Young boy fishing (chromolitho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Young boy fishing)

Naaman healed of leprosy by bathing in the River Jordan (engraving)
7172378 Naaman healed of leprosy by bathing in the River Jordan (engraving) by European School, (17th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Near Thursby, Yorkshire, 1895 (oil on canvas)
6448766 Near Thursby, Yorkshire, 1895 (oil on canvas) by Glendening, Alfred, Jr. (1861-1907); 25.5x40.5 cm; Private Collection

Nymphs (colour litho)
7150418 Nymphs (colour litho) by Benner, Emmanuel (1836-96); Private Collection; (add.info.: Nymphs. Illustration for El Desnudo en el Arte (M Uson, 1906).); © Look and Learn

Baptism of Jesus Christ (engraving)
7149706 Baptism of Jesus Christ (engraving) by English School, (17th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Baptism of Jesus Christ)

Woman bather (colour litho)
7150446 Woman bather (colour litho) by Fourie, Albert-Auguste (b.1854); Private Collection; (add.info.: Woman bather. Illustration for El Desnudo en el Arte (M Uson, 1906).); © Look and Learn

A Romantic Lunch (oil on panel)
6436365 A Romantic Lunch (oil on panel) by Leloir, Maurice (1853-1940); 39x54 cm; Private Collection

A Horsedrawn Ferry on a Canal, The Hague beyond (black chalk)
6436334 A Horsedrawn Ferry on a Canal, The Hague beyond (black chalk) by Velde, Esaias I van de (1587-1630); 24.5x42.9 cm; Private Collection

Southern Ireland: Thomond Bridge and King Johns Castle, Limerick (coloured photo)
7180544 Southern Ireland: Thomond Bridge and King Johns Castle, Limerick (coloured photo) by Irish Photographer (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Thomond Bridge and King Johns Castle)

Hampton Court Palace, West Front (b / w photo)
7184641 Hampton Court Palace, West Front (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hampton Court Palace, West Front)

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The river system, a magnificent force of nature that intertwines with the threads of history and art. From the tranquil Church Pool in Bettws-y-coed to the misty allure of Waterloo Bridge captured in "Effect of Fog, 1903, " these snapshots invite us to explore the diverse facets of rivers. In "The fury of a swan, " we witness an elegant creature asserting its dominance amidst flowing waters. Meanwhile, "Trades in Regency Ireland" paints a vivid picture of life along the riverbanks, where bleaching processes and salmon leaps shape livelihoods. "The Baptism of the Eunuch" transports us back to c. 1632, as oil on panel immortalizes this sacred act within a river's embrace. Yet not all scenes are serene; "The Costa Rica Train Disaster" reminds us that rivers can also bear witness to tragedy. As we delve into Russian humanity through lithographs depicting executed bodies fished out from Moscow's Volga River or encounter failed projects washed away by currents, we realize that rivers hold stories both beautiful and haunting. From sinking boats off Rovereto's shores during war times to exploring Sumatra's lush forests via lithographs, rivers carry us on journeys beyond our imagination. They become witnesses to historical events like "The war in China, " echoing broken armor sounds and cries of terror across their ancient bridges. Rivers connect civilizations throughout time—a lifeline for trade, transportation, and sustenance. Their ever-changing nature mirrors our own existence—sometimes calm and peaceful while other times turbulent and unpredictable. So let us cherish these intricate systems that have shaped landscapes and inspired artists for centuries—their waters flowing ceaselessly towards new horizons as they etch their mark upon our world with every twist and turn they take.