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Vishnu resting on the ocean accompanied by Lakshmi, Tumbara, Hanuman, Narada, Garuda and Brahma sitting on a lotus. Chromolithograph.

Grace Darling rowing out to sea in a furious storm. Colour wood engraving by E. Evans after C.J. Staniland.

The Baths, Gravesend, Kent: public beach. Line engraving by H. Adlard, 1828, after G. Shepherd.

General Sea Bathing Infirmary, Margate, Kent: with floor plans and key. Line engraving by Darton & Harvey.

A sailor surviving in a large empty box of James Morison's pills, after being shipwrecked. Coloured lithograph.

Fisher-folk and their methods of working close to the shore. Engraving, c.1762, by Benard after L.J. Goussier.

Aeolus, at the request of Juno, opens a door in a mountainside, releasing the winds that will wreck the fleet of Aeneas; representing the element air. Engraving by C. Dupuis, 1718, after Louis de Boullogne the younger.

A child being rescued from a shipwreck, two women are in the sea about to be rescued by a boat. Stipple engraving by A. Roffe after F.R. Roffe after W. Wyon.

Women bathing in the sea near their bathing machines. Wood engraving by J. Leech.

New Spa buildings, Scarborough, Yorkshire: panoramic bird's eye view. Photolithograph, 1880, after Verity & Hunt.

Crimean War, Ukraine: patients convalescing on the beach at Castle Hospital, Balaklava. Wood engraving.

Southport, Lancashire: sheet of sketches showing various sights. Wood engraving, 1872.

Royal Baths, York Hotel, Stocker & Longmore's New Baths, York Terrace, Sidmouth, Devon. Tinted aquatint.

The sea around us / Rachel L. Carson.

Crimean War: panoramic view of the Barrack Hospital, Scutari, Turkey. Wood engraving by Whitehead after R.P. Leit.

Saint Paul shipwrecked on Malta. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1791, after B. West.

Two women rescuing a man from the sea off the coast of Swansea. Wood engraving by W.H., 1883, after T.R.

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Ocean

Images from the collections

Images referencing Ocean

Works from the collections

Royal Baths, York Hotel, Stocker & Longmore's New Baths, York Terrace, Sidmouth, Devon. Tinted aquatint.

The sea around us / Rachel L. Carson.

Crimean War: panoramic view of the Barrack Hospital, Scutari, Turkey. Wood engraving by Whitehead after R.P. Leit.

Saint Paul shipwrecked on Malta. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1791, after B. West.

Two women rescuing a man from the sea off the coast of Swansea. Wood engraving by W.H., 1883, after T.R.

Ocean

Images from the collections

Images referencing Ocean

Works from the collections

Royal Baths, York Hotel, Stocker & Longmore's New Baths, York Terrace, Sidmouth, Devon. Tinted aquatint.

The sea around us / Rachel L. Carson.

Crimean War: panoramic view of the Barrack Hospital, Scutari, Turkey. Wood engraving by Whitehead after R.P. Leit.

Saint Paul shipwrecked on Malta. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1791, after B. West.

Two women rescuing a man from the sea off the coast of Swansea. Wood engraving by W.H., 1883, after T.R.

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