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Boats and boating

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  • Jesus calls the fishermen from the sea to be his apostles. Etching by J. Wachsmuth after J.C. Tardieu and C.J. Vernet.
  • Scarborough Museum and Cliff Bridge, Scarborough, Yorkshire. Engraving by C.J. Smith.
  • Dinsdale Spa, Durham: people gathered at the riverside. Line engraving by S. Lacey, 1833, after T. Allom.
  • Dasasamadhi Ghat on the Ganges at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured aquatint by Thomas Daniell, 1796.
  • Bovril : those who go down to the sea in ships have perhaps more need for Bovril than any other class of men / [Bovril Limited].
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    The sea at Marseilles: fishermen near a jetty and a round tower. Engraving by J. Aliamet after C.J. Vernet.

    Vernet, Joseph, 1714-1789. | Date: [1776?] | Reference: 2498935i
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    A lake setting in which a man lies back in a boat wearing only boxer shorts; he holds up some underwear which he offers to his female companion with a smile; a pink condom lies on a white garment beside the man while two ducks swim beside the boat; German version of a series of safe sex 'Stop AIDS' campaign posters by the Federal Office of Public Health in collaboration with the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz. Colour lithograph.

    | Date: [between 1990 and 1999] | Reference: 674638i
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    The aqueduct seen from the island of Rhoda, Cairo, Egypt. Lithograph by D. Roberts, 1856.

    Roberts, David, 1796-1864. | Date: 1st December 1856 | Reference: 15787i
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    River Ganges at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1788.

    Hodges, William, 1744-1797. | Date: 27 April 1788 | Reference: 26727i
    Part of: Select views in India
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    The interior of Anders Zorn's timber house, at Mora, with four people. Photograph by J. Grape, ca. 1910.

    Grape, Julius, active 1890-1912. | Date: [approximately 1910] | Reference: 529909i
    Part of: The Fallaize Collection.
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