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1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 27.2 x 38.4 cm

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

<p>Four people are shown in the right foreground; one is pulling another up a steep bank by the water's edge</p>

1 print : engraving, with etching ; platemark 61.1 x 40.8 cm

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

<p>"Near the ancient town of Bocanema, at a place called El Salto, ("the Leap") is to be seen one of those primitive and picturesque suspension-bridges which are so frequent in South America: it was constructed by the villagers in a single day. The generous feeling which stimulated them to perform this arduous task deserves to be recorded. The venerable priest of Bocanema was anxious to visit an Indian family whose hut was separated from his own dwelling by the rapid torrent of El Salto. The only place at which he could ford it was so distant, that he had not strength to accomplish the journey. No sooner was this difficulty made known to his flock, than with affectionate promptitude they prepared to prove their attachment, by making it practicable for him to pass El Salto. The bridge was formed of the light but almost imperishable canes which exuberantly border the mountain-stream: the tough and flexible creeping plants afforded an excellent substitute for cordage. Two trees, which were firmly rooted at the brink of the torrent, served for buttresses, giving stability to the rude arch they had formed, by uniting the woven flooring with a rustic railing, which was further strengthened by split and flattened bamboos. All these were attached to the strong branches of the trees before mentioned, and formed the abutments of a light but enduring structure. The narrator of this occurrence crossed the bridge with the priest for whose accommodation it was erected, and from his own lips learned the history of its origin.  " (Empson. loc. cit.)</p>

Places in Colombia. Coloured etchings and lithographs by C. Empson, 1836.

Empson, Charles

1 print : etching, with gouache and gum arabic ; sheet 23.5 x 15.7 cm

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.

Sketches in the Malay archipelago. Album of watercolours and photographs made and collected by J.E. Taylor.

Taylor, J. E. (John Edmund), fl. 1860-1885

1 painting : watercolour ; image 25.5 x 17.4 cm

Malaya: a man at the foot of a huge waterfall on Penang Island. Watercolour by J. Taylor, 1879.

Prang's American Chromos

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours.

Tower Falls and and sulphur mountain, Yellowstone National Park. Colour lithograph by L. Prang after T. Moran, 1874.

1 drawing : pen and brown ink and brown wash ; sheet 57.1 x 70 cm

A waterfall in Amalfi, driving a wheel outside an iron-works or iron mine. Drawing by J.Ph. Hackert, 1790.

1 painting on linen : ink drawn with the brush, ink wash and gouache ; image 22.8 x 34.9 cm

A Japanese man heavily laden with firewood crosses a wooden plank over a river, upstream a waterfall. Gouache painting.

1 photograph : photoprint, platinum ; 14.6 x 10.3 cm

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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.

Malaya: a man at the foot of a huge waterfall on Penang Island. Watercolour by J. Taylor, 1879.

Tower Falls and and sulphur mountain, Yellowstone National Park. Colour lithograph by L. Prang after T. Moran, 1874.

A waterfall in Amalfi, driving a wheel outside an iron-works or iron mine. Drawing by J.Ph. Hackert, 1790.

A Japanese man heavily laden with firewood crosses a wooden plank over a river, upstream a waterfall. Gouache painting.

Sarawak: falls on the Baram River. Photograph.

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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.

Malaya: a man at the foot of a huge waterfall on Penang Island. Watercolour by J. Taylor, 1879.

Tower Falls and and sulphur mountain, Yellowstone National Park. Colour lithograph by L. Prang after T. Moran, 1874.

A waterfall in Amalfi, driving a wheel outside an iron-works or iron mine. Drawing by J.Ph. Hackert, 1790.

A Japanese man heavily laden with firewood crosses a wooden plank over a river, upstream a waterfall. Gouache painting.

Sarawak: falls on the Baram River. Photograph.

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