River System Collection (#8)

Kingston Bridge (b / w photo)
7184628 Kingston Bridge (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Kingston Bridge)

Kingston Church, North (b / w photo)
7184627 Kingston Church, North (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Kingston Church, North)

"Stand and deliver"(engraving)
7178038 " Stand and deliver" (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: " Stand and deliver." Illustration for The Comic Annual by Thomas Hood)

Australia: Scene on the River Huon, Tasmania (b / w photo)
7182142 Australia: Scene on the River Huon, Tasmania (b/w photo) by Australian Photographer (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Scene on the River Huon, Tasmania)

Australia: River Derwent, and Hop Gardens, New Norfolk, Tasmania (b / w photo)
7182140 Australia: River Derwent, and Hop Gardens, New Norfolk, Tasmania (b/w photo) by Australian Photographer (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: River Derwent, and Hop Gardens)

"After the deer and wildfowl by the river"(engraving)
7192112 " After the deer and wildfowl by the river" (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Eton College: Oak Tree in the Playing Fields (engraving)
7178973 Eton College: Oak Tree in the Playing Fields (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Oak Tree in the Playing Fields)

Pelopaeus Wasp building nest (engraving)
7188714 Pelopaeus Wasp building nest (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pelopaeus Wasp building nest)

The Wandle at Merton Abbey (litho)
7188612 The Wandle at Merton Abbey (litho) by Luker, William (1820-92); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Wandle at Merton Abbey)

Hammersmith Bridge (litho)
7188417 Hammersmith Bridge (litho) by Luker, William (1820-92); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hammersmith Bridge. Illustration for London City Suburbs As They Are To-day by Percy Fitzgerald)

By Twickenham Ferry (litho)
7188376 By Twickenham Ferry (litho) by Luker, William (1820-92); Private Collection; (add.info.: By Twickenham Ferry. Illustration for London City Suburbs As They Are To-day by Percy Fitzgerald)

Cambridge: Clare Bridge (b / w photo)
7189542 Cambridge: Clare Bridge (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Clare Bridge)

Arundel: Black Rabbit (b / w photo)
7198497 Arundel: Black Rabbit (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Black Rabbit. Illustration for 24 Views of Arundel (C Kimpton, c 1890)

Vue de Francfort (engraving)
7179490 Vue de Francfort (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Vue de Francfort. Illustration for Dictionnaire Populaire Illustre by Decembre-Alonnier (c 1880)

First bridge over the Thames (engraving)
7200111 First bridge over the Thames (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: First bridge over the Thames)

Un crocodile pres d Assouan, Notes de M Riou (engraving)
7200020 Un crocodile pres d Assouan, Notes de M Riou (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Un crocodile pres d Assouan, Notes de M Riou)

La peche du poisson plat (engraving)
7199920 La peche du poisson plat (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: La peche du poisson plat)

First Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, 1829 (engraving)
7200965 First Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire, 1829 (engraving) by English School

Bridgnorth from the Knowle Sands (b / w photo)
7191338 Bridgnorth from the Knowle Sands (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bridgnorth from the Knowle Sands)

Bird-killing Spider, Mygale avicularia, attacking finches (engraving)
7188726 Bird-killing Spider, Mygale avicularia, attacking finches (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bird-killing Spider, Mygale avicularia)

Flat-topped mountains of Paraua-quara, Lower Amazons (engraving)
7188724 Flat-topped mountains of Paraua-quara, Lower Amazons (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Flat-topped mountains of Paraua-quara, Lower Amazons)

Mobbed by curl-crested Toucans (engraving)
7188717 Mobbed by curl-crested Toucans (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mobbed by curl-crested Toucans)

Scarlet-faced and Parauacu monkeys (engraving)
7188716 Scarlet-faced and Parauacu monkeys (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Scarlet-faced and Parauacu monkeys)

Masked dance and wedding-feast of Tucuna Indians (engraving)
7188715 Masked dance and wedding-feast of Tucuna Indians (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Masked dance and wedding-feast of Tucuna Indians)

Hogsmill River, Malden (litho)
7188603 Hogsmill River, Malden (litho) by Luker, William (1820-92); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hogsmill River, Malden)

Perivale Church and Brent River (litho)
7188539 Perivale Church and Brent River (litho) by Luker, William (1820-92); Private Collection; (add.info.: Perivale Church and Brent River)

Near Greenwich (litho)
7188443 Near Greenwich (litho) by Luker, William (1820-92); Private Collection; (add.info.: Near Greenwich. Illustration for London City Suburbs As They Are To-day by Percy Fitzgerald)

Richmond Bridge (litho)
7188385 Richmond Bridge (litho) by Luker, William (1820-92); Private Collection; (add.info.: Richmond Bridge. Illustration for London City Suburbs As They Are To-day by Percy Fitzgerald)

Rhein-Lande: Bonn, Rheinbrucke (b / w photo)
7188071 Rhein-Lande: Bonn, Rheinbrucke (b/w photo) by German Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bonn, Rheinbrucke)

Iffley (litho)
7193823 Iffley (litho) by Dawson, Alfred (fl.1860-94); Private Collection; (add.info.: Iffley. Illustration for Oxford by Andrew Lang (Seeley, 1906).); © Look and Learn

Waiting for a Bite (colour litho)
7181939 Waiting for a Bite (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Waiting for a Bite)

Sources du Rhin (engraving)
7179594 Sources du Rhin (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sources du Rhin. Illustration for Dictionnaire Populaire Illustre by Decembre-Alonnier (c 1880)

Vue de Toulouse (Haute-Garonne) (engraving)
7179567 Vue de Toulouse (Haute-Garonne) (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Vue de Toulouse (Haute-Garonne)

Hamburg, Vue des bords de l Elbe (engraving)
7179460 Hamburg, Vue des bords de l Elbe (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hamburg, Vue des bords de l Elbe)

Louis XIV passant le Rhin (engraving)
7179378 Louis XIV passant le Rhin (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Louis XIV passant le Rhin)

Southern Ireland: The Old Weir Bridge (Shooting the Rapids), Killarney (coloured photo)
7180570 Southern Ireland: The Old Weir Bridge (Shooting the Rapids), Killarney (coloured photo) by Irish Photographer (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Soldiers on a March (coloured engraving)
7186130 Soldiers on a March (coloured engraving) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Soldiers on a March)

South America: Our voyage up the River Bodegas (engraving)
7186706 South America: Our voyage up the River Bodegas (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Our voyage up the River Bodegas)

South America: The recluse descending the Igarape (engraving)
7186671 South America: The recluse descending the Igarape (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The recluse descending the Igarape)

Notre Dame de Paris (oil on canvas)
145488 Notre Dame de Paris (oil on canvas) by Lebourg, Albert-Charles (1849-1928); Private Collection

The Victoria Falls, the greatest cataract in the world (litho)
7171123 The Victoria Falls, the greatest cataract in the world (litho) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Victoria Falls, the greatest cataract in the world)

Serbians insure a prosperous season by "drowning"a straw witch (litho)
7171107 Serbians insure a prosperous season by " drowning" a straw witch (litho) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Windsor Castle from the Brocas Meadows, 1854 (oil on canvas)
6448763 Windsor Castle from the Brocas Meadows, 1854 (oil on canvas) by Vickers, Alfred (1786-1868); 61.6x94.6 cm; Private Collection

Southern Ireland: Cromwells Bridge, Glengarriff, County Cork (coloured photo)
7180558 Southern Ireland: Cromwells Bridge, Glengarriff, County Cork (coloured photo) by Irish Photographer (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cromwells Bridge, Glengarriff, County Cork)

Near Lea Bridge (litho)
7188522 Near Lea Bridge (litho) by Luker, William (1820-92); Private Collection; (add.info.: Near Lea Bridge. Illustration for London City Suburbs As They Are To-day by Percy Fitzgerald)

River Brent and Canal at Brentford (litho)
7188395 River Brent and Canal at Brentford (litho) by Luker, William (1820-92); Private Collection; (add.info.: River Brent and Canal at Brentford)

Sion or Syon House, near Isleworth (litho)
7188379 Sion or Syon House, near Isleworth (litho) by Luker, William (1820-92); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sion or Syon House, near Isleworth)

Hampton Court Bridge (litho)
7188372 Hampton Court Bridge (litho) by Luker, William (1820-92); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hampton Court Bridge. Illustration for London City Suburbs As They Are To-day by Percy Fitzgerald)

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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.