19th Century River Scenes

Engravings of historical river scenes featuring boats, villages, and lush landscapes, reflecting life alongside notable rivers in various regions.

Massawa is situated on an island in the Red Sea. Date: 1865

Village on the banks of the Saigon River. Vietnam. Indochina. Old 19th century engraving from Le Tour du Monde 1860

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'Scene on the Banks of the Ganges', c1891. From "Cassell's Illustrated History of India Vol. I.", by James Grant. Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris and New York

The harbour of Gravosa close to Dubrovnik on the Dalmatian coast, Croatia. Europe. Trip to Albania and Montenegro in 1858 by French explorer Guillaume Lejean. Old 19th century engraving from Le Tour du Monde 1860

Podor, Senegal, drawing by Emile Bayard (1837-1891) from a photograph, from Croisieres a la cote d'Afrique, 1868, by the Rear-admiral Fleuriot de Langle (1809-1881), from Il Giro del mondo (World Tour), Journal of geography, travel and costumes, Volume IV, Issue 12, August 17, 1876.

View of Quebec city harbor Canada Canadian sail sailing sailor ship ships shipping war marine vessel cargo goods seas sea

Panoramic overview of Corfu, Greece. Voyage in Greece by Henri Belle

Banjarmasin in 1850´s. Borneo Island, Malaysia, drawing by Louis Francais (1814-1897) Journey to the Island of Borneo, 1847 by Carl Schwaner (1817-1851) Le Tour du Monde 1862

Massawa is situated on an island in the Red Sea. Date: 1865

Port and harbour of Buenaventura, Colombia. Old 19th century engraved illustration. Travel to New Granada by Charles Saffray from El Mundo en La Mano 1879

The Marina at Larnaca : a waterside cafe is built out over the water, refreshing customers during the summer heat. Date: 1878

GIBRALTAR. VISTA DEL PEÑON. GRABADO DEL MUSEO UNIVERSAL.

Bringing in the sardine catch on the coast of Brittany.

Corfu, Greece, historical illustration, circa 1886, Europe

The African city of Zanzibar. Image published in 'L'Illustration' with the tale of Stanley's trip through Africa searching Livingstone (1869). Etching. FRANCE. LE-DE-FRANCE. Paris. National Library.

ADEN 'THE GIBRALTAR OF THE RED SEA'

Unalaska, Alaska, United States. The Jeannette expedition of 1879-1881, Journal of Captain George Washington De Long 1879-1881. Old 19th century engraving from Le Tour du Monde 1906

Jaffa, the ancient Joppa, 1881-1884, by John Douglas Woodward (1846-1924). Published by D. Appleton in New York. 17.5 x 25 cm. The image depicts the beaches of Jaffa, Israel, featuring boats and the surrounding scenery

Camel caravan, shore of Najaf Sea or Salam Lake and city of Meshed Ali, An-Najaf, Iraq. Pilgrimage to Nedjed, cradle of the Arab race by Lady Anna Blunt 1878-1879, Le Tour du Monde 1882

Jersey: Queen Victoria landing at Victoria Pier Date: 1846

View of the Bay of Kiel in 1869, Schleswig Holstein, Germany, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown, Europe

VIEW OF ADEN. Port city in Yemen

Street Scene in Qui Nhon, Binh Dinh province. Tonkin, French Indochina. Vietnam, Asia. Thirty months in Tonkin 1885 by Doctor Charles Edouard Hocquard (1853 - 1911) Le Tour du Monde 1890

VISIT OF THE PRINCESS OF WALES TO GREECE

The summit of Mount Washington , Horseback riding, Mountains, Mountaineering

PORT AND TOWN OF VERA CRUZ, MEXICO, 1867

Street in the town of Jéberos. Peru, South America. Amazon and mountain ranges by Charles Wiener Mahler, 1879-1882. Old 19th century engraving from Le Tour du Monde 1906

Promenade des Anglais or Promenade of the English at Nice, France in the 1880's. From La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana of 1881

Town and Valley of Timbo, Mamou Region, Senegal, Africa. Travel in Fouta Djallon by Lambert 1860

Stanley and Livingstone, in a boat at the mouth of the Rusizi river, Tanzania, travel and exploration by Henry Morton Stanley, expedition how I found

View of Alexandrovsk, strait of Tartary. Russia. Old 19th century engraving from Le Tour du Monde 1860

Santiago de Cuba - a view of the town from the bay , Sailboats, Mountains, Cities & towns, Bays Bodies of water. Louis Prang & Company Collection

Disembarkation of the expedition in Yambuya, Aruwimi river. Democratic Republic of Congo. Africa. Emin Pasha Relief Expedition 1886-1889 by Henry Morton Stanley (1841 - 1904) Old 19th century engraving from Le Tour du Monde 1890

Sorrento in the Gulf of Naples in Italy, in 1880, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century

Penzance, Cornwall in the 19th century; Black and white illustration from "Our Own Country" a Descriptive, Historical and Pictorial guide to the UK published in late 1880s by Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. Historic pictures of Briatin.

St. Goar, on the Rhine, 1845. A small town in the Rhine Gorge in Germany. 'St. Goar, a post-town...lies in the midst of the glories of the Rhine, in sight of some of its finest scenes; and is, therefore, a very desirable spot for tourists to halt in for a day. The views in its vicinity are among the most picturesque in the whole course of the river, and the rocks which hem it on both sides are sublimely wild and precipitous. The Castle of Rheinfels, magnificent in appearance, and interesting from its history, rewards the trouble of the ascent, by the enchanting view which it commands'. From &q

'A Kafir Kraal; A Few Words about Natal and Zululand', 1875. From 'Illustrated Travels' by H.W. Bates. Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London and Galpin.

The Town and Harbour of Portsmouth with a View of his Majesty's Fleet at Spithead. La Ville et le Port de Portsmouth, avec la Vue de la Flotte (!) Roy a Spithead .

View of Musschat, Johannes Kip, 1682 print On the coast in front of the hills is the Arab city of Musschat. In the foreground two Dutch ships and other boats. Merchandise is offered on the beach in front of the city. Bottom left in the margin a legend. paper etching prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Arabia

View of Jepara; Japara. View of Jepara or Japara. Establishment with a harbor with boats; Bottom left a larger ship with three Dutch flags. On the hill a fort with Dutch flag, bottom right drawbridge over river and woman with jug on the head.

Schroon Lake , Lakes & ponds, Boats, Steamboats, Mountains. Louis Prang & Company Collection

On the way to Bandiagara, Guinea. Africa. Two campaigns in French Sudan, 1886-1888 by Joseph Simon Gallieni (1849 - 1916) Le Tour du Monde 1890

The fair of Pucara in the Andes, Peru, South America. Travel across South America from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean, 1848-1960 by Paul Marcoy (1815 - 1887) First stage, from Islay to Arequipa, Peru. Le Tour du Monde 1862

This drawing by Louis Delaporte is one of dozens he produced during his two-year venture (1866-68) with the Mekong Exploration Commission sponsored by the French Ministry of the Navy, the intention of which was to lay the groundwork for the expansion of French colonies in Indochina. Traveling the Mekong by boat, the small French delegation voyaged from Saigon to Phnom Penh to Luang Prabang, then farther north into the uncharted waters of Upper Laos and China's Yunnan province, before returning to Hanoi in 1868 by foot, accompanied by porters and elephants.

View of Benares, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, (1880-81).

SORRENTO

LONDON - Frost fair on the River Thames. Date: 1814

Boghari village and desert market, Qasr el-Boukhari. Algeria. North Africa. Old engraving illustration from the book Nueva Geografia Universal by Eliseo Reclus 1889

Jerusalem: general view, with travellers in the foreground Date: circa 1700

Sea bathing from bathing machines at Scarborough, Yorkshire : horses are employed to tow the machines into the water. Date: 1813

Departure of the Prince of Orange from Scheveningen, 1795. Departure from Prince William V from the beach of Scheveningen to England, January 18, 1795. The Stadholder says goodbye on the beach while luggage on board a fishermenpink is loaded.

Vue de Boston Print shows the harbor in Boston, Massachusetts, two ships at anchor, British soldiers and men working, merchandise on shore; an idealized view depicting Boston as a typical European city, circa 1770

Food tent on banks of Nile at Kenneh, Egypt, engraving from 1857 Scenes of a Voyage in the Orient by Louis Libay

Vintage Photograph. Emigrants Crossing the Plains Currier & Ives (active 1857-1907/American)

Village of a tribe Sona Bazh, Central Africa. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Journey from Zanzibar to Benguela by Verney Lovett Cameron, Le Tour du Monde 1877

Scene in the harbour : at this time, Belize was part of British Honduras. Date: 1869

Peasants returning from the market near Stuttgart, Germany. Drawing by Dieudonne Lancelot (1823 - 1895) Journey from Paris to Bucharest 1860, by Victor Duruy (1811 - 1894) Le Tour du Monde 1862

The Promenade des Anglais, Promenade of the English, c. 1885, a promenade along the Mediterranean Sea in Nice, France, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown, Europe

Ischl, Bad Ischl, in the Salzkammergut, Austria, in 1870, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, Europe

A bazaar in the city of Attock, Punjab, Pakistan. Travel to Northern India. Excursion to Attock on the Indus river. Drawings and texts by Evremond de Berard (1824 - 1881) Le Tour du Monde 1880

Quebec City, c. 1770, on the St, Lawrence River, was the capital of New France. It was taken by British forces in 1759 and ceded, with Canada, to the Britain in the 1763 Treaty of Paris (BSLOC_2019_3_22)

A WINTER ADVENTURE ON THE SIMPLON, Switzerland

View in South Market Street, Boston , City & town life, Markets

Fair at Pucara, in the Andes. Date: 1870

View of a coast with a fort in Malta; Vue de Malthe du Cote du Fort. In the foreground groups figures are on the waterfront and boating rowing boats. In the background a sea battle rages between ships. Numbered: 109.

This was the location for John Huston's memorable film. Date: 1849

This illustration by Louis Delaporte is one of dozens he produced during his two-year venture (1866-68) with the Mekong Exploration Commission sponsored by the French Ministry of the Navy, the intention of which was to lay the groundwork for the expansion of French colonies in Indochina. Traveling the Mekong by boat, the small French delegation voyaged from Saigon to Phnom Penh to Luang Prabang, then farther north into the uncharted waters of Upper Laos and China's Yunnan province, before returning to Hanoi in 1868 by foot, accompanied by porters and elephants.

View of Zanzibar, Tanzania, Africa, in 1880, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, Africa

HISTORIA DE MEXICO. "EL PUERTO DE ACAPULCO" (Estado de Guerrero). Grabado coloreado de inicios del s. XIX.

Entrance to the Samoun caves, Egypt, drawing by Karl Girardet (1813-1871) 1860. Africa. Le Tour du Monde 1862

The French delegation going by boat to the audience with the King of Siam, Bangkok, Thailand, from a drawing by Peyre-Ferry, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 743, Volume XXIX, May 23, 1857.

View in South Market Street, Boston , City & town life, Markets

'Penzance', 1898. From "Our Own Country, Volume I.". Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris & Melbourne, 1898

Road to Rangoon, Burma. Coloured aquatint by William Daniell after James Kershaw, c. 1831.

Scenes of everyday life, Georgetown, Guyana 19th century.

The staging post at Brenner, Italy 19th Century.

The Cape of Good Hope. South Africa. From a print by an unidentified artist dated 1754. After a drawing by Johannes van Ryne.

ENTRADA A LA BAHIA DE LA HABANA EN EL SIGLO XIX.

VIEW OF KANO, IN SOKOTO. Sokoto is a city located in the extreme northwest of Nigeria. Kano is a city in Nigeria and the capital of Kano State in Northern Nigeria.

Pitcairn Island, South Pacific, British Overseas Territory, mountains, village, sailing ships, volcanism, Thomas Cook, explorers, travel, historical illustration 1885, Pitcairn Islands, Oceania

Landweg along ruins of a church, Jan van de Velde (II), after Gerard van der Horst, 1628 print Travelers on a country road along ruins of a church. In the foreground a peeing man with his horse on the lines and a covered wagon in the distance. Fourth print from a series of five. Northern Netherlands paper etching urination. leading a horse by the reins; rider beside his horse. ruin of church, monastery, etc.. 'en route', traveller under way. covered wagon, hooded wagon

View and camp at night, on the road to Ban Muang Yang Con Ham, vintage engraved illustration. Le Tour du Monde, Travel Journal, (1872).

TREASURE SEEKING IN THE HAUNTS OF THE OLD BUCCANEERS, WEST INDIES

Transport of the wounded Giuseppe Garibaldi from Aspromonte to Scilla, Gerolamo Induna, 1825, Museum of the Risorgimento on regional history, Castello di Udine, seat of the State Museums, Udine, most important historical city of Friuli, Italy, Udine, Friuli, Italy, Europe

Cisco Station, California, atypical frontier town at thetime when hopeful settlerswere pouring into the West. Date: 1865

Coney Island. 1872. Clippings. Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy. New York (N.Y.), Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)

View of Saint Louis, vintage engraved illustration. Le Tour du Monde, Travel Journal, (1872).

City and port of Philadelphia, on the Delaware River from Kensington. The tree is the legendary location of William Penn's treaty with the Delaware Indians in 1682, which blew down in 1810 (BSLOC_2019_8_190)

This sketch by Louis Delaporte is one of dozens he drew during his two-year venture (1866-68) with the Mekong Exploration Commission sponsored by the French Ministry of the Navy, the intention of which was to lay the groundwork for the expansion of French colonies in Indochina. Traveling the Mekong by boat, the small French delegation voyaged from Saigon to Phnom Penh to Luang Prabang, then farther north into the uncharted waters of Upper Laos and China's Yunnan province, before returning to Hanoi in 1868 by foot, accompanied by porters and elephants.

Market Day, Timgad, Algeria, circa 1906

General view of Dawson City and the Yukon River during the summer of 1898 Date: 1898

Ansicht der Belle Isola und der Island St. Giovae Auf Dem Lago Maggiore von der Nord-West Seite. Vue de l'isola bella et de l'isola St. Young Sur Le Lago Maggiore du Nord-Ouest.

USA. Prairie. Town and railroad. Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 19th century. USA. Author: Paul Frenzeny. Jules Tavernier.

The Cannaregio on the Grand Canal with the Ghetto in the background, seen from the Riva di Biasio, 1740, Venice, Italy, by Michele Marieschi, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from an 18th or 19th century original, Europe

Village and native inhabitants of Petit Talibonche, Guinea. West Africa. Drawing by Ivan Pranishnikoff (1841 - 1909) Journey to the Baga and Rio Nunez countries 1884-1885 by Lieutenant Andre Coffinieres de Nordeck (1866 - 1908) Le Tour du Monde 1886

Boat race on the Mekong, vintage engraved illustration. Le Tour du Monde, Travel Journal, (1872).

Francois Le Vaillant's camp at Pampoen-Kraal (Durbanville), West Cape, South Africa. From Francois Le Vaillants Second Voyage into the Interior of Africa. Copperplate engraving by Dell'Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti from Giovanni Battista Sonzognos Collection of the Most Interesting Voyages (Raccolta de Viaggi Piu Interessanti), Milan, 1815-1817.

World exposition, The Worlds Fair in New Orleans, USA, 1884, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, North America

(also spelt Limasol) The chief seaport of Cyprus, seen from the sea. Date: 1881

Crossing the River in Couchibi, engraving based on the English edition, vintage illustration. Le Tour du Monde, Travel Journal, 1881

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