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Ferries

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  • The Last Judgment: sinners in hell are tortured by monstrous devils as a ferry carries new arrivals to the same fate. Line engraving by Petrus de Jode the elder, 1615, after Jean Cousin the younger.
  • Panorama of the river Thames and the buildings of the City, looking northwards beside London Bridge. Engraving by S. and N. Buck, 1749.
  • A steamer designed to carry a train across the English Channel. Wood engraving.
  • Two men in a ferry on a stormy crossing: a passenger and the ferryman discuss at cross purposes the danger of drowning. Etching, 1803.
  • London: the river Thames and the buildings of the City, looking northwards beside London Bridge. Coloured engraving, 1730, after J. Kip.
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    The Last Judgment: sinners in hell are tortured by monstrous devils as a ferry carries new arrivals to the same fate. Line engraving by Petrus de Jode the elder, 1615, after Jean Cousin the younger.

    Cousin, Jehan, approximately 1522-approximately 1593. | Date: [between 1726 and 1738] | Reference: 46791i
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    A ferry carrying people and game across a Scottish loch. Lithograph after Jacob Thompson, 18--.

    Thompson, Jacob, 1806-1879. | Date: 1800-1899 | Reference: 3106217i
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    River Awash, Ethiopia: people pulling a raft across the river. Coloured lithograph by A. Löffler after J.M. Bernatz.

    Bernatz, Johann Martin, 1802-1878. | Date: [1852-1855] | Reference: 3015974i
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    Italy: a ferry carries a horse across a river. Etching by M. Ricci.

    Ricci, Marco, 1676-1729. | Date: [1730] | Reference: 2925086i
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    Designs by John Fowler for a steam ship carrying rail traffic across the English Channel. Wood engraving, 1870.

    | Date: [1870] | Reference: 36596i
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