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Snow

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Precipitation (Meteorology)

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Images from the collections

Images about Snow

42 images from works
  • A group of reindeer searching for food in a snowy forest. Coloured lithograph.
  • Equation : labour light, clothes white = Sunlight / Lever Brothers Limited.
  • Two St. Bernard dogs find an injured man, while one tries to revive him the other alerts the rescue party of his presence. Wood engraving by Baxter after E. Landseer.
  • Lapland / Thomas Holloway.
  • A boy walks across the snow crying and leaving a trail of red paint. Colour process print after Harry Rountree.
  • Two St. Bernard dogs find an injured man, while one tries to revive him the other alerts the rescue party of his presence. Chromolithograph after E. Landseer, 1860/1880.
  • Soapine : for washing and cleaning everything, no matter what, Soapine works quicker, easier, cheaper and better than soap or anything else : one trial will convince you / Kendall Manufacturing Company.
  • Sálazie, Réunion Islands: hot springs and snowy peaks. Tinted lithograph by A. Roussin after himself.
  • Compliments of D.F. Onnen, pharmacist : s.w. cor. Sharp & Montgomery Sts. / D.F. Onnen.
  • 'Panopepton' : the pure nutritious substance of beef and wheat in perfect solution / Fairchild Bros. & Foster.
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Works from the collections

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    A gathering of people in the Balkans selling fish taken in winter sunlight.

    | Reference: 536649i
    Part of: The Fallaize Collection.
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    Geography: avalanches. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.

    Whymper, Charles H., 1853-1941. | Reference: 46587i
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    Two foxes (Canis vulpes) in the snow. Colour reproduction of a painting by W Kuhnert.

    Kuhnert, Wilhelm, 1865-1926. | Reference: 39894i
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    A boy walks across the snow crying and leaving a trail of red paint. Colour process print after Harry Rountree.

    Rountree, Harry, 1878-1950. | Reference: 27406i
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    Two St. Bernard dogs with an avalanche victim, one tries to revive him while the other alerts the rescue party. Line engraving by J. Landseer, 1831, after E. Landseer.

    Landseer, Edwin, Sir, 1802-1873. | Date: 3 June 1831 | Reference: 17541i
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Related topics

Rescue dogs
Alps, Swiss (Switzerland)
Dogs - Equipment and supplies
Winter
Rescue work
Avalanches
Loss of consciousness
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Bottles
Ice

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