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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].

Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Newport, Kentucky: view from the river. Coloured line engraving by Fenner Sears & Co., 1832, after G. Wall.

Singapore: evening view of the Johore River. Watercolour by J. Taylor, 1879.

Harbour view of St. Vincent's rock taken from the hot wells, Bristol. Line engraving, 1776.

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

The baths and mineral springs, Ems, West Germany. Line engraving by J. Willis after W. Tombleson.

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

Fakir's Rock on the river Ganges, near Sultanganj, Bihar: south west view. Coloured aquatint by Thomas and William Daniell, 1800.

The sea at Marseilles: fishermen near a jetty and a round tower. Engraving by J. Aliamet after C.J. Vernet.

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.

The aqueduct seen from the island of Rhoda, Cairo, Egypt. Lithograph by D. Roberts, 1856.

River Ganges at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1788.

The interior of Anders Zorn's timber house, at Mora, with four people. Photograph by J. Grape, ca. 1910.

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Boats and boating

Images from the collections

Images about Boats and boating

Works from the collections

The sea at Marseilles: fishermen near a jetty and a round tower. Engraving by J. Aliamet after C.J. Vernet.

The aqueduct seen from the island of Rhoda, Cairo, Egypt. Lithograph by D. Roberts, 1856.

River Ganges at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1788.

The interior of Anders Zorn's timber house, at Mora, with four people. Photograph by J. Grape, ca. 1910.

Boats and boating

Images from the collections

Images about Boats and boating

Works from the collections

The sea at Marseilles: fishermen near a jetty and a round tower. Engraving by J. Aliamet after C.J. Vernet.

The aqueduct seen from the island of Rhoda, Cairo, Egypt. Lithograph by D. Roberts, 1856.

River Ganges at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1788.

The interior of Anders Zorn's timber house, at Mora, with four people. Photograph by J. Grape, ca. 1910.

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