Precipitation in the form of ice crystal flakes

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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.

A young woman is leaning against a wall reading a book as snowflakes fall. Wood engraving by Dalziel Brothers, 1863, after E. Burne-Jones.

The rescue of the young John Wesley from the burning parsonage at Epworth, Lincolnshire. Mezzotint by S.W. Reynolds after H.P. Parker.

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

Geography: avalanches. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.

Two foxes (Canis vulpes) in the snow. Colour reproduction of a painting by W Kuhnert.

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.

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Snow

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Works from the collections

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

Geography: avalanches. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.

Two foxes (Canis vulpes) in the snow. Colour reproduction of a painting by W Kuhnert.

A boy walks across the snow crying and leaving a trail of red paint. Colour process print after Harry Rountree.

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.

Snow

Images from the collections

Images referencing Snow

Works from the collections

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

Geography: avalanches. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.

Two foxes (Canis vulpes) in the snow. Colour reproduction of a painting by W Kuhnert.

A boy walks across the snow crying and leaving a trail of red paint. Colour process print after Harry Rountree.

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.

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