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Waterfalls

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

    | Date: 1890 | Reference: 46931i
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    Terni: the waterfall. Engraving by W.F. Gmelin, 1795.

    Gmelin, Wilhelm Friedrich, 1760-1820. | Date: 1795 | Reference: 2921365i
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    Bocanema, Colombia: a waterfall. Coloured etching by C. Empson, 1836.

    Empson, Charles, active 1836. | Date: [1836] | Reference: 678035i
    Part of: Places in Colombia. Coloured etchings and lithographs by C. Empson, 1836.
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    Geography: Victoria Falls, seen from a distance. Wood engraving.

    | Date: 1889 | Reference: 46928i
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    Geography: Niagara Falls, seen from a distance. Coloured lithograph, ca.1890.

    | Date: 1890 | Reference: 46929i
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