Place where water flows over a steep or vertical drop

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Geography: visitors at Niagara Falls. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.

Baths and waterfalls, Pfäfers, St. Gallen, Switzerland: women washing their clothes. Line engraving by F.D. Née after J. Le Barbier.

Hong Kong: the waterfall at Pokfulum. Photograph by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.

Bocanema, Colombia: a waterfall. Coloured etching by C. Empson, 1836.

Geography: Victoria Falls, seen from a distance. Wood engraving.

Sarawak: falls on the Baram River. Photograph.

Geography: a waterfall on the Mohawk river, North America. Coloured engraving, c.1740.

Geography: Niagara Falls, seen from a distance. Coloured lithograph, ca.1890.

Geography: a grouping of the highest mountains and waterfalls, and the longest rivers. Coloured mixed method engraving after C. V. Monin.

Niagara Falls: a view of the American side of the Falls, from the foot of the Staircase. Coloured aquatint with etching by J. Hill after H.J. Bennett, ca. 1829.

Title page adorned with two dippers and their nest by a waterfall. Coloured engraving, ca. 1841.

Geography: Victoria Falls, seen from a distance. Lithograph.

Geography: Niagara Falls, seen from nearby. Coloured lithograph.

Terni: the waterfall. Engraving by W.F. Gmelin, 1795.

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Waterfalls

Images from the collections

Images referencing Waterfalls

Works from the collections

Geography: Niagara Falls, seen from nearby. Coloured lithograph.

Terni: the waterfall. Engraving by W.F. Gmelin, 1795.

Bocanema, Colombia: a waterfall. Coloured etching by C. Empson, 1836.

Geography: Victoria Falls, seen from a distance. Wood engraving.

Geography: Niagara Falls, seen from a distance. Coloured lithograph, ca.1890.

Waterfalls

Images from the collections

Images referencing Waterfalls

Works from the collections

Geography: Niagara Falls, seen from nearby. Coloured lithograph.

Terni: the waterfall. Engraving by W.F. Gmelin, 1795.

Bocanema, Colombia: a waterfall. Coloured etching by C. Empson, 1836.

Geography: Victoria Falls, seen from a distance. Wood engraving.

Geography: Niagara Falls, seen from a distance. Coloured lithograph, ca.1890.

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