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  • Female figures representing the elements of air, earth and water. Etching by G. Vascellini after A. Fedi the elder after bas-relief in Florence.
  • Astrology: signs of the zodiac. Coloured engraving.
  • Job lies on a pile of dung dressed in a loincloth and covered in boils, his wife goes to fetch a bucket of water. Woodcut.
  • A plan of the Thames Embankment, from Blackfriars Bridge to Westminster Bridge, with sections at three points. Lithograph by J. R. Jobbins after Sir J. Bazalgette.
  • Engineering: a steam traction engine, and a stationary steam engine. Engraving c.1861.
  • Hydraulics: two devices. Woodcut, 1659.
  • Men vainly seeking alchemical 'white' (mercurial) water in the ground and in trees. Coloured etching after etching, ca. 17th century.
  • Engineering: six steam engines. Engraving c.1861.
  • Hydraulics: various water-driven machines. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • Textiles: water-powered equipment used for silk finishing, inside a factory. Engraving by R. Benard after L.-J. Goussier.
  • A girl by a river watched by three men. Etching after J. Vanderbank.
  • Geography: Niagara Falls, seen from a distance. Coloured engraving, 1751.
  • John the Baptist preaching to a multitude at the river Jordan. Engraving by F. Spierre after G.L. Bernini.
  • Hydraulics: the principles of hydrostatics. Coloured engraving by J. Emslie, 1850.
  • General Georges Mouton sits perched on an enormous clyster; representing his use of a prototype water-cannon in quelling an uprising. Lithograph after A. Desperret after Charles Philipon, c. 1831.
  • A man operating waterworks. Engraving.
  • Six men and a woman drink and smoke round a table outside a country tavern, behind them children watch a woman pump water. Etching by J. Browne and engraving by W. Woollett, 1767, after C. Dusart.
  • Hydraulics: three fire-engines [?]. Woodcut, 1659.
  • Cupids in a sailing boat, representing the element water. Stipple engraving by A. Cardon, 1802, after A.W. Devis.
  • Hydraulics: various water-driven machines. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • Lourdes, Haute Pyrénées, France: pilgrims seeking cures from the holy water. Wood engraving.
  • Engineering: a large harbour, with a pumping station. Coloured lithograph, [post 1875].
  • Moscow: people swimming and sunbathing at Cerebrensky public baths. Etching by M.G. Eichler, 1799, after G. de la Barthe, 1796.
  • Venus riding a scallop shell chariot over the seas accompanied by Neptune, nymphs and cherubs, symbolising the element water. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani.
  • Two gentlemen inspect the water from the new Artesian well in Grenelle, just outside Paris. Lithograph by H. Daumier, 1841.
  • Hydraulics: two devices. Woodcut, 1659.
  • The salon at the Hotel de Ville, Paris, surrounded by vignettes showing various other types of dwelling. Coloured lithograph by P.A. Belin and C. Bethmont, 1852.
  • Christ cures the paralytic at the therapeutic pool of Bethesda. Engraving by S.F. Ravenet and V.M. Picot, 1772, after W. Hogarth.
  • Two people carrying water in buckets. Etching by J. Duplessi-Bertaux.
  • Christ makes wine out of water at the marriage at Cana. Etching by B. Bertoccini after J.F. Overbeck, 1848.