Historical Waterfront Scenes

Engravings and illustrations depicting historical waterfronts, featuring boats and cityscapes from different eras. Evokes nostalgia and a sense of exploration.

St. John cityscape with a port, capital city of Newfoundland and Labrador, Terra Nova. Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada. Old 19th century engraved illustration, Le Tour du Monde 1863

Providence, United States of America

'View of Rijnsburg near Leiden'. Holland, 18th century. Dimensions: 19,5x28,5 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: Theodor Verryck (Dirk).

THE CITADEL OF CAIRO, FROM THE NILE. Egypt, engraving 1879

Photo production of (presumably) a drawing, representing a port face with dock on Java.Part or photo album with recordings or sights on Java.

St. John cityscape with a port, capital city of Newfoundland and Labrador, Terra Nova. Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada. Old 19th century engraved illustration, Le Tour du Monde 1863

View of the harbor entrance of Lorient Lorient Vue de l', print maker: Léon Auguste Asselineau, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Léon Auguste Asselineau, (mentioned on object), printer: Frick frères, (mentioned on object), print maker: Rouen, intermediary draughtsman: Rouen, printer: Paris, publisher: Paris, 1863 - 1864, paper, h 291 mm × w 435 mm

Spain, Galicia, La Corua. Panoramic of the city and San Anton Castle. Illustration by F. Miranda. Engraving by Ricord. Cronica General de Espaa. Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Galicia, 1866.

View of a part of the port of Vlaardingen, Jan Caspar Philips, After Cornelis Pronk, 1747 - 1775 print View of a part of the port of Vlaardingen, seen from the Westhavenkade to the north. In the foreground and left the Westhavenplaats with the covered fish market on the left in the background. In the middle in the background the harbor bridge with the harbor crane behind it. To the right of the water the Oosthavenkade. Amsterdam paper etching / engraving harbour. dock crane. canals, waters (in city). bridge in city across river, canal, etc.. market-hall Vlaardingen

SALLEE AND RABAT, ON THE MOROCCO COAST

A View of the Tower with the Bridge and Part of the City of London from the River, John S. Muller, ca. 1715-1792, German, active in Britain, after John Maurer, active 1713-1761, 1753, Engraving

Wharf German Merchants Steel-yard Thames Street, From Hollar's print 1641, London, England, engraving 19th century, Britain, UK

Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, from the Isle of Dogs, with ships and rowing boats in the foreground, viewed from a distance up river. Coloured engraving by A. H. Payne after W. French.

Face in the Steenweg in Utrecht, from the west.

Yetai Bridge, Japan, Asia. Journey to Japan by Aime Humbert 1863-1864 from Le Tour du Monde 1867

View of the Besiktas Sahil Palace, the Sultans vacation palace on the European side of the Bosphorus, Istanbul, 1800s. The Sultan and his harem entourage sail in barges protected by eunuchs on the river. Casa di Villeggiatura del Sultano. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Verico after Giulio Ferrario in his Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Modern o Story, Florence, 1842.

View of the town of Gloucester, Mass.. Lane, Fitz Hugh (1804-1865). Prints. 1836. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Gloucester (Mass.)

Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships, rowing boats, and mudlarks ?, in the foreground. Engraving.

Kerk aan een rivier; Landschappen; Regiunculae Amoenissimae.View of a river with left the walls of a city and a church. In the foreground five men in a rowing boat. In the background different sailing ships and a mill.

View of Arnhem, Karel Frederik Bombled, 1832 - 1902 print Arnhem is located on the left bank of the river. A steamship sails on the river. On the right bank is a figure with a horse and carriage by a boat. paper river. steamship, motorship. two-wheeled vehicle drawn by one animal. landscapes in the temperate zone. Roman Catholic Church Arnhem

Cityscapes in Goch, 1746, Paulus van Liender, after Jan de Beijer, 1759 print Two faces on the German city of Goch. In the foreground fields (above) and river Niers (below). Two performances of one plate. paper etching city-view in general; 'veduta'. landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone). cultivated land Goch. Niers

A View taken near Limehouse Bridge, looking down the Thames, John Boydell, 1720-1804, British, after John Boydell, 1720-1804, British, 1751, Hand colored engraving

Halifax, N.S.. Le Marchant, John Gaspard. Smith Bros. & Co.. Prints. 1853 - 1858. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Halifax (N.S.)

View of a fort on the Rhine near Cologne, print maker: Wenceslaus Hollar, (mentioned on object), publisher: Abraham Hogenberg, (mentioned on object), Germany, 1627 - 1636, paper, etching, h 96 mm × w 177 mm

A View of Hammersmith looking down the Thames, John Boydell, 1720-1804, British, after John Boydell, 1720-1804, British, 1752, Hand colored engraving

Gezicht op het Admiraliteitsmagazijn te Amsterdam; A view of the Admiralty at Amsterdam, of the store houses, wharfes and docks, belonging to it, and to the East India Company of Holland; Holland.In the background right the Utrechtseepoort.

The capital Prague collects the royal. Castle from the old city, to see. Vue de la Ville de Prague Capitale de la Bohême, du Côté du Chteau Royal. .

View and perspective of the Louvre Adam Perelle (1640-1695). View and perspective of the Louvre. Floor, around 1663.

A watercolor and graphite drawing depicting Barby Castle with its buildings, fortifications, and surrounding landscape in brown tones.

Honfleur port, draughtsman: Carel Nicolaas Storm van 's-Gravesande, 1872, paper, h 110 mm × w 165 mm

Adrian Zingg, Dresden from the Banks of the Elbe River, 1782 Dresden from the Banks of the Elbe River

View of Dordrecht from the trasmill in Zwijndrecht. On the left the tower of the Groothoofd gate, in the foreground sailing ships and rowing boats. Top right: A. View of Dordrecht from Zwijndrecht Different views of Dordrecht , print maker: Robbert Muys, (mentioned on object), intermediary draughtsman: Jan Arends, (mentioned on object), publisher: Abraham Blussé, (mentioned on object), Dordrecht, 1766, paper, etching, h 303 mm × w 425 mm

A view of Ayr, Scotland in the 19th century. Illustration from Cassell's History of England, Vol VII. New Edition published Circ 1873-5.

Tinted lithograph with hand coloring depicting Fort Madison, Iowa, between 1854 and 1857. The artwork features the Mississippi River, log rafts, and steamboats

Vue de la Ville de mangasei Title also in Kyrill. font

View of the Grand Canal in Venice; Prospectus a Substructionibus Rivoalti Ad Aedes Civranorum; Urbis VenetiaRum Prospectus Celebriores, Ex Antonii Canal Tabulis XXXVIII Aere Expressi AB Antonio Vissentini in Partes Tres Distributi. pars seconda; Faces on large channels in Venice; Prospectus Magni Canis VenetiaRum. The print is part of an album.

The river Danube near Pressburg, formerly Hungary, now Bratislava, Slovakia, 1826, Historisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert.

View of Rome with the Tiber and Ponte Sisto. Boats in the foreground and two conversing figures on a road. Third print of part five of a series of sixty prints with landscapes, divided into five parts of twelve prints each., View of Rome with the Tiber and the Ponte Sisto Landscapes (series title) Amenissimae aliquot requculae (series title), print maker: Jan van de Velde (II), Jan van de Velde (II), Northern Netherlands, 1616, paper, etching, h 120 mm × w 190 mm

The square of the ruins, after the gunpowder disaster, 1807, Reinier Vinkeles (I), After Bartholomaeus van den Broeck, 1807 - 1808 print The square of the ruins, the area on the Steenchuur in Leiden after the gunpowder disaster on January 12, 1807 where the ruins of the buildings have been cleared from the site. In the foreground, planting a park, on the left the boring hall. Netherlands paper etching / engraving gunpowder disaster Rapenburg. Stone barn. Boring hall

old view of Quebec, Canada, 19th century

View of Kampen from the river side, Pieter Remmers, 1770 - 1810, draughtsman: Pieter Remmers, (mentioned on object), 1770 - 1810, paper, pen, brush, h 265 mm × w 480 mm

View of Madrid Castle and Bagatelle Pavilion near Paris.

History of Saudi Arabia. Jeddah. Panoramic of the city. Engraving. Lemaitre direxit. Panorama Universal. History of Arabia, 1851.

The square of the ruins, after the gunpowder disaster, 1807, Reinier Vinkeles (I), After Bartholomaeus van den Broeck, 1807 - 1808 print The square of the ruins, the area on the Steenchuur in Leiden after the gunpowder disaster on January 12, 1807 where the ruins of the buildings of the site have been cleared. In the foreground, planting a park, on the left the boring hall. Netherlands paper etching / engraving gunpowder disaster Rapenburg. Stone barn. Boring hall

The La Plataine Bridge at Royan 1876 France. Etching on ivory vellum . Maxime Lalanne

William Daniell, 1769-1837, British, London Docks: 6 Views: New Dock, Wapping, 1803, 1808. Hand-colored aquatint.

Railway Erquelines Saint-Quentin: The new bridge of Cologne, 1855. Engraving

COLNEY HATCH, UK, engraving 1881 - 1884

unknown artist, A View of Her Imperial Majesty's Ancient Winter Palace, & of the Canal which joyns the Moika to the Neva at St. Petersburg. Hand-colored engraving on wove paper.

Gezicht op het Canal Grande to Venetie ; The view from the Offices of the Church of the Holy Jeremiah: Pisaura ; More populous city of Venice perspectives from Antonio Canal frame 38 by squeezing air from that Vissentini divided into three sections . a part of the second ; Gezichten op Grote kanalen the Venetie ; The great Venetian canal . The prent maakt deel uit van list .

New Bedford, Mass.. Cole, Joseph Foxcroft (1837-1892). Prints. 1858 - 1860. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. New Bedford (Mass.), Harbors , Massachusetts , New Bedford (Mass.)

View of the Pont Rouge, Paris France, Reinier Vinkeles, 1770

View of a mill on the water. A mill on the water, in the distance is a city.

The Tiber at the Outskirts of Rome n.d. Victor Jean Nicolle French. The Tiber at the Outskirts of Rome 337897

The Seamen's Home, corner of Fulton and Water Streets, New York. Eno, Amos F., 1836-1915. Prints. 1844 - 1900. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Sailors, Piers & wharves , New York (State) , New York , 1800-1899, Dwellings , New York (State) , New York , 1800-1899, vessels , New York (State) , New York , 1800-1899

View of the Weteringpoort in Amsterdam, Anonymous, 1693 - 1694 print View of the Weteringpoort and the accompanying bridge in Amsterdam, seen from outside the city. A banderole with the title at the top in the middle. On Verso Dutch text. paper etching / engraving / letterpress printing city-gate. bridge. windmill Weteringpoort

View of Vlissingen, seen from the river Scheldt, draughtsman: Abraham de Verwer, 1600 - 1650, paper, pen, brush, h 129 mm × w 309 mm

Gezicht op Golf van Napels vanaf kade bij kerk Santa Maria del Carmine. Suite de la vue de No. 30 (title on object). Voyage en Italie, en Sicile et à Malte - 1778 (series title). Draughtsman: Louis Ducros. Dating: 1778. Measurements: h 156 mm × w 305 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

A View taken near Battersea Church looking towards Chelsea, John Boydell, 1720-1804, British, after John Boydell, 1720-1804, British, 1752, Engraving on moderately textured, moderately thick, white laid paper, Sheet: 11 3/4 × 18 1/8 inches (29.8 × 46 cm), Plate: 10 5/16 × 16 15/16 inches (26.2 × 43 cm), and Image: 9 3/8 × 16 1/4 inches (23.8 × 41.3 cm), architectural subject

Amsterdam, Desguerrois & Co., Netherlands, Beretta, Petrus Augustus, Une promenade dans la Haye et ses environs, De molen bij Den Haag, verso - stamped, There is a house and a hay barn near the mill. There are boats in the water. There is a wooden fence in front of the mill., print, engraving, prints, engravings, height 250 mm, width 330 mm, 1805 - 1866-06-05, print maker, printmaker, 1815 - 1866, paper, papier, lithografie (techniek), Nederlands, printer, drukker

View of the town and road of Fonchal, the capital of Madera. Prints, Illustrations. 1745 - 1747. Rare Book Division. Funchal (Madeira Islands)

Venice, Senate of Venice, Italy, Costa, Giovanni Francesco, Views of the River Brenta, Les delices de la Brenta, Le delicie della Brenta, Veduta della Casa della Posta al Dol, Casa della Posta al Dolo on the Brenta, View of Casa della Posta al Dolo on the River Brenta. Several barges are sailing on the water. Numbered bottom center: IV and bottom right: Tom: II. This print is part of an album., print, prent, prints, prenten, height 250 mm, width 334 mm, Italian - 1773, print maker, prentmaker, 1750 - 1760, paper, papier, etching, etchings, granter of privilege

William Daniell, 1769-1837, British, London Docks: 6 Views: East India, 1808, 1808. Colored aquatint.

Drawbridge at Ouderkerk, Jan Hulswit, 1776 - 1822, draughtsman: Jan Hulswit, 1776 - 1822, paper, pen, brush, h 174 mm × w 232 mm

Staten Island and the Narrows, New York: from Fort Hamilton, 1861

The city of New York Cartographic. Maps. 1855. Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division. New York (N.Y.) , Aerial views, Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) , Aerial views

William Hodges, 1744-1797, British, A View of Chinsura, the Dutch Settlement in Bengal, ca. 1781. Gray wash, pen and black ink and graphite on laid paper, laid down on 19th wash mount.

View of the marina outside the Blauwbrug, Abraham Blotling, after Jacob Isaacksz van Ruisdael, 1655 - 1690 print paper etching harbour Amstel (river)

General view of Quebec.. Prints. 1810. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Québec (Québec)

Nieu Amsterdam een stedeken in Noord Amerikaes ... New Amsterdam a small city on Manhattan Island, New-Holland, North America now called New-York and is a part of the English colonies, about 1667.. Prints. 1851. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Ships , New York (State) , New York, New York (N.Y.) , History , Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

View of IJsselstein, with the Benschopperpoort on the left and the windotter mill on the right.

Engraving-A Central View of Birmingham. From the Wilkinson Collection Vol ii.. One of a collection of engravings of local views, contained in a volume. Distant view of Birmingham, showing church spires & smoking chimneys.

View of the port town of Macau, China, circa 1800s. Portuguese colony with European-style houses on the harbour. The feeble defenses are manned by only 150 Sepoys or Indian soldiers. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Carl Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1810. A 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with almost 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.

Engraving the entrance to Regent's Canal, Limehouse. Engraving after the drawing by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd.

A 19th century view of The Mausoleum of Hadrian, aka Castel Sant'Angelo, Parco Adriano, Rome, Italy. From L'Univers Illustre, published Paris, 1859

Zierikzee besieged by the Flemings; Zierikzee Besiemed in 1304. Zierikzee Through the Flemings Bed, August 10, 1304. Face from a tower on the city walls of Zierikzee where is fought between the Zeelanders and the Flemish.

The harbour at Ancona, on the Adriatic coast. Date: 1860

View of the Royal Portuguese Palace in Lisbon; Portugal. Vintage Lithograph by Johann Jacob Stelzer, Published by Georg Balthasar Probst circa 1770s

Panoramic view of New and Old Delhi India and the surrounding countryside from a 19th century print

View of the Wester Oude Hoofdpoort and the Ooster Oude Hoofdpoort in Rotterdam, Georg Balthasar Probst, 1742 - 1801 print On the left the Wester Oude Hoofdpoort and on the right the Ooster Oude Hoofdpoort. In the background on the left the Grote or Laurenskerk and in the background on the right the English Church. Numbered at the top right: 177. Numbered in the bottom left: 46. publisher: Augsburgprint maker: Germany paper. watercolor (paint) etching / brush harbour. rowing-boat, canoe, etc.. sailing-ship, sailing-boat. church (exterior). city-gate (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage). bridge in city across river, canal, etc. (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage) Large or Sint-Laurenskerk. Wester old main gate. East old main gate. English church. Mesh

View of Hanover from the southwest, Georg Osterwald, 1832 - 1845 print paper prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Hannover

Bremerhaven, Realschule, lighthouse, Pier-Head, Riesenkahn Wenckes Dock, elementary school, ev, Church, barracks, shipyards, Lloyd stampers, Scenes from Bremerhaven and portrait of the Mayor of Bremen Smidt, Unknown

Mill along a River, Jonas Zeuner, 1770 - 1814

View of São Tomé de Meliapore, Anonymous, After Joan Nieuhof, 1682 print View of a Portuguese fort on the Indian coast. paper engraving / etching prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city. harbour Chennai

La Ville de Richelieu en Poictou, Engraving on paper, Aerial perspective view of Richelieu., Europe, France, ca. 1675, Print, Print

Engraving depicting the Royal Albert Docks, London.

Destruction in Delft after the explosion of the gunpowder warehouse on October 12, 1654, Simon Fokke, After Egbert Lievensz. Van der Poel, 1754 print print maker: Northern Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper etching gunpowder disaster. ruin of a dwelling, house, castle, etc. Delft

A View of Charles-town, the Capital of SouthCarolina. Artist: Samuel Smith, American, active 1776 After: Thomas Leitch, American, active 1750

The Fontanka River near the Anichkov Bridge, Thon, Alexander Andreyevich (1790-1858)

Lombe's silk mill, Derby, First water-powered textile mill in Britain c1720.

Old customs house of Shanghai, China, Asia. Travels in China and Japan by the Marquis Alfred de Moges 1857 - 1858. Old 19th century illustration by Francois Trichon (1814 - 1898) from Le Tour du Monde 1860

New Brighton Staten Island.. Prints. 1836. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Staten Island (New York, N.Y.), New Brighton (New York, N.Y.)

Southport, Lancashire: sheet of sketches showing various sights. Wood engraving, 1872.

Progress of the Prince of Wales in British North America - Quebec, Canada East - from a drawing by our special artist, G. H. Andrews, 1860. The future King Edward VII visits North America. 'This chief seaport and stronghold of military power in British North America is situated on a rock-bound promontory formed by the junction of the Rivers St. Lawrence and St. Charles, and was for a long time the capital of Canada. It is strongly fortified and garrisoned, completely commanding the navigation, and by military authorities is declared impregnable...The wharves, considering the trade and the larg

New Waag on the waterfront in Paramaribo; The new Waag building and bank der Colonie Suriname. .

View of the town of Quebec, Canada, on the Saint Lawrence River, circa 1800. Sailing ships in the bay, and a watermill in the foreground. Veduta di Quebec. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Giulio Ferrario in his Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World, Il Costume Antico e Moderno, Florence, 1837.

THE ROYAL SILVER WEDDING AT STOCKHOLM, VIEWS OF THE CITY

Nicholas Pocock (1740c-1821). The Royal Woolwich Dockyard, along The River Thames at Greenwich. Details.

Custom-House, Salem, Massachusetts.. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Customhouses, Harbors, Salem (Mass.)

Rotterdam gate and boiler gate in Delft; Une Promenade Dance La Haye et Ses Environs. There is a mill to the right of the bridge. There are three boats on the water. A woman walks to the water with a bucket in her hand.

General View of Kemp Town now Erecting on the Estate of Thomas Read Kemp, on the East Cliff, Brighton after Wilds and Busby, Matthew Dubourg, active 1786-1838, British, 1824, Colored aquatint

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