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  • Ethiopian women fetching and carrying water: promoting the International Drinking Water and Sanitation Decade. Family Guidance Association of Ethiopia. Colour lithograph by the Family Guidance Association of Ethiopia, ca. 1990.
  • Montecatini Terme, Italy. Etching by C. Zocchi after A. Terreni.
  • Jets of water spray naked young women on a bed; suggesting the connection between enemas and eroticism. Process print after an engraving by P.L. Auvray after J.H. Fragonard.
  • A man and woman carrying barrels of water on their heads: Conference on water sanitation for the urban poor in Kenya. Colour lithograph by the Ministry of Water and Irrigation, 2006.
  • Two Japanese women on a sandy shore, one crouches down and points across the water. Gouache painting.
  • A giant holding up a boulder with a landscape on which eleven human figures are dancing and three are sitting with vessels out of which streams of water flow, while around the giant's legs are attacking male figures armed with spears. Etching by M. Klinger, 1912.
  • Boer War: people queueing to fill buckets from a well in the women's laager in Mafeking (Mahikeng), South Africa. Halftone, c. 1900, after W. Weekes.
  • Aqueduct, Lisbon, Portugal: overlooking the Valley of Alcantra. Line engraving, 1751.
  • A microscope (top), and a watermill (below). Engraving.
  • Agriculture: four labourers weeding rice paddies in China, with their master looking on. Engraving by J. June after A. Heckel.
  • Padmini, the Lotus lady: an excellent category of woman according to the Kama Sutra. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • Hydraulics: pipes, conduits, fountains, etc. Engraving.
  • Ten golden rules of health : No.4 explained : ...the value of drinking plenty of water / by Sir W. Arbuthnot Lane, Bart.
  • Geography: Genesee River Falls, Rochester, seen from a distance. Coloured engraving, 1837, by J. Cousen after W. H. Bartlett.
  • Franzensbad (Františkovy Lázně), Czechoslovakia: a small circular building with a domed roof which houses the Francis Spring, and the street leading away into the town beyond, seen from above. Photograph.
  • Steep grassy banks at the water's edge with shrubs and rocks at their base. Watercolour.
  • Hydraulics: pipes, conduits, fountains, etc. Engraving.
  • The death of Sir Philip Sidney at the battle of Zutphen: he passes a water-flask to a fellow soldier. Mezzotint by J. Jones after G. Carter, 1782.
  • Samson stands over vanquished Philistines, a lion's pelt over his shoulders and his ass's jaw at his feet. Autotype after F.J. Shields, 1877.
  • St. Winifred's Well, Flintshire, Wales. Line engraving.
  • Three-tiered symbolic diagram of the art of alchemy: top level, symbols of the states of matter; middle level, cabalistic diagrams; lower level, the two techniques of alchemy: distillation and calcination. Engraving by R. Custos, 1616.
  • The good Samaritan takes care of an injured man in an inn. Wood engraving after P.R. Morris, 1858.
  • Hydraulics: hydraulic equipment. Coloured engraving by J. Emslie, 1850, after himself.
  • Geography: hot springs in Iceland, with vegetation in the foreground. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.
  • Section and elevation of a wheel used by the Chinese for raising water. Engraving by W. Skelton, 1796.
  • Hydraulics: various designs for pumps. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • Christ cures the paralytic at the therapeutic pool of Bethesda. Engraving by S.F. Ravenet and V.M. Picot, 1772, after W. Hogarth.
  • Geography: water spouts at sea. Engraving.
  • Meteorology: types of cloud formations, and a waterspout (bottom). Engraving by J.W. Lowry.
  • The crucifixion of Christ; his side is punctured by a soldier's lance. Engraving by B. à Bolswert after P.P. Rubens.