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  • Knysna Lakes, South Africa: a lake with a boat and hills. Woodburytype, 1888, after a photograph by Robert Harris.
  • Rigi: view of mountains and lakes. Colour lithograph by Muller, 1856, after I.-L. Deroy.
  • The Solfatara, and the issue of hot vapours from underground lakes caused by the gathering of rainwater below the Solfatara. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • Jacob's Bridge, between the lakes of Tiberia, with the tents of the British Army pitched on the mountain side and the tents of the and the Aga of the Janisaries, c. October 1799, during the Defence of the Ottoman Empire against General Bonaparte
  • A complete system of geography. Being a description of all thecountries, islands, cities, chief towns, harbours, lakes, and rivers, mountains, mines, &c. of the known world. Shewing the situation, extent, and boundaries of the several empires, kingdoms, republics, principalities, provinces, &c. their climate, soil, and produce ... and the distance and bearing of all the principal towns from one another. Including the most material revolutions and changes that have happen'd in every state ... / The whole llustrated with seventy maps by Emanuel Bowen.
  • Mirror Lake, Yosemite Valley, California: snow-covered mountain and trees reflected in lake. Photograph, ca. 1880.
  • Donner Lake, California. Photograph, ca. 1880.
  • The lake of Agnano. Etching, 16--.
  • Upper Egypt, sacred lake in Dendara
  • Ephemera: At Oxenfell near Ambleside, Lake D
  • Ideal sketch of a Swiss Lake-Dwelling
  • Hafted stone axe from Robenhausen lake-dwelling
  • Temple Block, Salt Lake City, Utah: showing the Tabernacle, the Assembly Hall, and the Salt Lake Temple under construction. Photograph, ca. 1880.
  • Holy Lake, Mount Zouquala, Abyssinia: pilgrims being lead to the lake in hope of a miracle. Watercolour drawing by F. Dadd, 1897.
  • Upper Egypt, sacred lake, sanatorium and birth house
  • Landscape with a lake at Pencuel. Wood engraving.
  • Two Chinese barges on an lake. Gouache painting.
  • David Livingstone arriving at Lake Ngami in 1849. Lithograph.
  • Swans swimming in a lake. Etching after F. Barlow.
  • Hospital, Tanganyika, Tanzania: panoramic view from the lake. Process print.
  • View of the Lake at The Imperial Summer Palace, Beijing
  • Henry Morton Stanley and David Livingstone on Lake Tanganyika. Lithograph.
  • Bengal: the jheels (shallow expansive lake) at high water. Lithograph.
  • A beaver sitting on the shore of a lake. Etching.
  • Mausoleum in a lake. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1787.
  • The lake of Agnano. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • An elk sitting on a meadow near a lake. Etching.
  • Main Street, Salt Lake City, Utah: elevated view. Photograph, ca. 1880.
  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey: lake in the arboretum. Process print.
  • Henry Morton Stanley and his servants arriving at Lake Tanganyika. Lithograph.