Borne by the River

Engesle textThis powder bag; 1860-1870Hide, wool, glass, cow horn, wood; bag: h. 20.5 cm., w. 18 cm.\nRMV 710-7; Herman Ten Kate collection; purchased from Niagara Falls trader, 18...

BARRELS. Around, bowl-shaped, with slightly swung edge and on a foot edge. Decor in Famille verte (“green family”) with five figures in a landscape. In the middle a beach, on the r...

Pencil drawing of a tidal bore on the River Hooghly at Howrah near Calcutta by Reginald William Warneford dated 7th November 1881. Inscribed 'Tidal `bore' coming up the River Hoogl...

Character: description on folk. 6b - 7b, miniature on folk. 8a, 160 x 163 mm. A split shield. At the top there is a silver horizontal river in the red, accompanied by three silver ...

This painting is typical of the Italianate landscapes painted by Hackaert. The figures are probably by Jan Lingelbach. In the foreground, to the right of a group of tall trees, a g...

Henry Lewis was one of the first explorers who began to travel the upper Mississippi River in the mid-nineteenth century to admire the exuberance of its cataracts. In summer 1847 t...

During the 17th and 18th centuries the River Thames periodically froze over, leaving the surface was solid enough to walk on. Impromptu celebrations known as Frost Fairs were held ...