River Bank Collection

Boy and Bicycle by the River Severn
A boy and his bicycle on the banks of the River Severn at Bewdley Bridge, Worcestershire. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd

Stanstead Abbotts - The Bridge
The village of Stanstead Abbott in Hertfordshire lies on the Greenwich Meridian. Date: 1907

Otter standing on hind legs
An otter (Lutra lutra) standing on hind legs on a riverbank. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Punting on The Cherwell at Oxford. Date: circa 1910s

Durham Cathedral from the River Wear
The classic view looking up toward the majestic Norman Cathedral at Durham from the Western bank of the River Wear. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

River Dee at Invercauld near Braemar
See Scotland by Western SMT Coach Tours - The River Dee at Invercauld near Braemar. circa 1960s

Riverbank scene
A summer riverbank scene with pale calm hazy water, dappled with lilypads and ducks, daisies and a small dragonfly. Watercolour painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Mallard ducks and ducklings
A family of mallard ducks and ducklings enjoying an outing to the river. Date: circa early 20th century

Hunting Series (2 of 5) - Trout Fishing - A likely spot

Rich Woman fishes for suitors
Leap Year - A Sure Bait A rich woman sits on the riverbank, loading up her hook with her riches ( LSD - pounds shillings and pence) - a sure bait for the mass of suitors she has already caught

London Embankment at night
A statue of a Sphinx on the London Victoria Embankment at night. Date: circa 1930s

The river steamer " Cliveden" on the Thames at Abingdon

Tom. Water Baby. Kingsley
Tom sits upon a rock watching the moonlight on the rippling river

Wild fowl shooting, 18th century. A hunter with musket watches a hound take a goose on a river bank

All Saints Church at Isleworth, London, 18th century
View of the 14th century All Saints Church at Isleworth on the River Thames, London, 18th century. Six ferrymen on the near bank use a tow rope to pull a boat along the river

View of Fulham Church from the River Thames, late 18th century. Showing the tower of All Saints Church, built in 1440, and other buildings on the river bank. Sail boat in the foreground

Archegosaurus decheni by a river in a primordial jungle
Archegosaurus decheni by a river bank in a tropical primordial jungle of ferns and pines. Archegosaurus is a genus of temnospondyl amphibian, Asselian to Wuchiapingian stages of the Permian

Male tiger, Panthera tigris, endangered, on a river bank in the jungle. Tyger, Felis tigris. From a specimen in the menagerie of the Exeter Exchange, 1805

Black rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis, critically endangered
Black rhinoceros or hook-lipped rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis, critically endangered, near a river bank. Rhinoceros, Rhinoceros bicornis

Arabian dromedary camels with bedouins at a camp
Arabian dromedary camels, Camelus dromedarius. With bedouins and tents in a tropical landscape of palm trees near a river bank

Eurasian kingfisher, Alcedo atthis, on a branch near a river ban
Eurasian kingfisher, Alcedo atthis, European kingfisher, Alcedo ispida, on a branch near a river bank

A group of monkeys foraging on a river bank, South Africa
A group of monkeys foraging on a river bank with waterfall, South Africa. Perhaps the vervet monkey, Chlorocebus pygerythrus

White-throated dipper or water ouzel, Cinclus cinclus, on a river bank. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from J.M

Kalabagh City - Punjab, Pakistan
Kalabagh - a town and union council of Mianwali District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Located on the western bank of Indus River. Date: circa 1910s

Young girl in underwear poses by the river
A pretty young girl tiptoes along the riverbank wearing only the briefest of undergarments! Date: circa 1904

Delhi - the banks of the River Yamuna Date: circa 1920

Walking the dog in a Winter Landscape
An old man with a walking stick walks his dog along the bank of an icy partly-frozen stream in this wintry scene. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Papyrus Plants on the River Anapo
Papyrus plants growing along the banks of the River Anapo near Syracuse, Sicily, Italy Date: circa 1905

Riverside scenery
A view looking down the bend of an English river, with lily pads, a dragonfly, celandines and rushes. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Fisherman on a riverbank
People You See. Fisherman on a riverbank. From Teddy Bear (21 February 1970)

Ryogoku Bridge and the great riverbank. Print shows pedestrians and porters crossing the Ryogoku Bridge with many boats on the river and view of vendor stands in foreground along the river bank

Bushclover on the riverbank. Print shows three women and two children playing on the banks of a river or lake. Date 181-

Regatta on the banks of the Lujan River, Tigre, Argentina
Regatta on the banks of the Lujan River, in Paseo Victorica, Tigre, near Buenos Aires, Argentina. Date: circa 1905

Children feeding swans
Children on a riverbank feeding swans. Front cover of Happy Days Play Book. Artist: Millicent Sowerby Date: circa 1920

The Tigre Hotel - Paseo Victorica, Tigre, Argentina
The Tigre Hotel which stood on the banks of the Lujan River, in Paseo Victorica, Tigre, near Buenos Aires, Argentina. Demolished in 1940. Date: circa 1907

Lannion on the River Legue, France
Lannion, Brittany, France - situated where the River Lannion meets the sea. On the edge of the Legue region. Date: 1910

Winter Evening. Children ice skating on a frozen river in winter with a blazing bonfire burning on the riverbank. Date: 1854

Fishermen - Dvina River, Russia
Russia, Arkhangelsk (Archangel) - Fishing on the banks of the Dvina river. 2010

Fishermen by the Danube, Romania
Russian fisherman on the banks of the Danube River at Braila, Romania. Their nets are hanging on racks on the left of this image. Date: 1902

Selenge River near Ulan-Ude, Transbaikal, Russia
Transport ship loading grain on the banks of the Selenge River, near Ulan-Ude, the capital of the Buryat Republic, close to Lake Baikal, Transbaikal, Russia

Torino (Turin) - Italy - The Po River
Turin, Italy - Along the Po River - The Monte dei Cappuccini, a hill atop which stands the church of Santa Maria del Monte. Date: circa 1910s

La Fert-Milon, France
La Fert-Milon, in the Aisne department in Picardy in northern France. Four huge blanks for millstones sit by a crane on the banks of a small river or canal. Date: circa 1916

Benin - Scenes & Places
The Republic of Benin (formerly Dahomey) - places depicted on the card are capital city Porto-Novo

Delhi - view from a bridge over the River Yamuna Date: circa 1920

Vicar remembering his youth - rowing on the river
Forty Years On A priest remembers the days of his youth, when he too partook in boating down on the river. Date: circa 1906

Aschaffenburg on the River Main, Germany
Aschaffenburg on the River Main in Bavaria, Germany. Date: circa 1930s

Dinant, Belgium - The Bayard Rock on the banks of the River Meuse Date: circa 1906

Crocodile at Murchison Falls, Uganda, Africa Date: circa 1930s

A Matter of Taste A different approach to having a drink between these two boating enthusiasts

Captured Ottoman Turkish Guns - Iraq, WWI
Captured Ottoman Turkish Guns - Basra, Iraq, WWI Date: circa 1917

Dinant, Belgium - Church and Castle
Dinant, Belgium - Collegiate Church of Notre-Dame and the Citadel on the banks of the River Meuse. The town was almost completely destroyed during World War One. Date: circa 1905

Arundel - River Arun and barge
A barge sailing along the River Arun at Arundel, West Sussex Date: circa 1910s

River Scene 1930S
A father and child messing about on a riverbank, admiring a passing riverboat. Date: 1930s

Camping & Canoeing
Two young men in swimsuits stand outside their tent on riverbank and watch a canoe paddling by. Date: 1930s

Girls Swimming
Young ladies of the R.C.C. club take a cold dip in a stream after a picnic lunch, watched by a group of local men across the riverbank! Date: 1930s

River Days - Couple going boating
A young couple spending River Days out boating The gentleman is doing the gentlemanly thing and carrying the picnic hamper, the cushions and the oars! Date: circa 1906

Bridge over the Brook at Somersby, Lincs
Bridge over The Brook at Somersby, Lincolnshire, with a quote from Alfred, Lord Tennysons poem The Brook : " For men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever." Date: circa 1909

Hann. Munden, Germany - River Weser
Hann. Munden (short for Hannoversch Munden) - a town in Lower Saxony, Germany

Bohm-Ermolli command post, Czernowitz (Chernivtsi)
Soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian Army at the command post of army commander General Eduard von Bohm-Ermolli (1856-1941) (seen here behind the table, wearing the darker cap)

The River Severn at Bewdley, Worcs
The River Severn viewed from the Bridge, Bewdley, Worcestershire Date: circa 1910s

Filling Gourds - Haiti
A young Haitian boy filling gourds by the riverbank somewhere in Haiti. Date: 1930

View of Haddon Hall and River Wye, Derbyshire
View of Haddon Hall, a medieval English country house on the River Wye at Bakewell, Derbyshire. Its origins date back to the 11th century. Date: circa 1920

Horse & Cart Accident
Four men trying to help a distressed cart horse which has fallen onto a river onto a riverbank, somewhere in Germany. Date: 1920s

Conger Eel & Sharp Nosed
Two eels on a city riverbank: 1. conger eel 2. sharp nosed eel Date: circa 1860

Metropolitan Police motor cyclists
A group of Metropolitan Police motor cyclists, with the River Thames and Tower Bridge in the background

Encounter between a dog and two swans
An intrepid little dog is seen off by two swans, who would rather not share their riverbank with him

Compiegne, France - The banks of the River Oise. Its inhabitants are called Compiegnois

Le Vigan, France - Riverbank and the Old Bridge
Le Vigan, France - The Riverbank, Weir and the Old Bridge

View across the Mekong River, Chiang Khong, Thailand
View across the Mekong River at Chiang Khong, Thailand, with Laos in the distance, and river boats on the near bank

Duck hunting, unidentified location
Duck hunting in an unidentified location on the bank of a river

Business Academy - Breclav, Czech Republic
Breclav - a town in the South Moravian Region, Czech Republic, on the border with Lower Austria on Dyje River (pictured)

Man & Sheep stare across the Seine
A Gentleman and a curious sheep (!) inspect the view across the River Seine at Le Manoir-sur-Seine - a wonderfully bizarre card!

Comic Postcard - A run on the Bank
A Run on the Bank - a policeman chases a young boy, who had been defying the notice not to bathe. A humourous card playing with the meaning of this phrase

River flowing through a rocky valley
A river flowing through a steep-sided rocky valley. Pen and ink drawing by Raymond Sheppard

Moored ships
Ships Moored up by a woodyard. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

A Tiger rolls on its back
Tiger rolling onto its back on a dusty riverbank. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

Cows grazing near a stream
A herd of cows graze near a stream at the edge of a lush field. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

Crocodile
A crocodile sunning itself on a riverbank. Crayon and watercolour sketch by Raymond Sheppard

Humourous photographer card
A very silly postcard depicting a photographers subject suffering a rather revealing fate, falling backward over some sticks

River and riverbank, Madhya Pradesh, Central India
View of a river and riverbank in Madhya Pradesh Province, Central India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

A countryside stream
A view of a countryside stream. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Varanasi - River Ganges
The banks of the River Ganges at Varanasi, India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts Date: circa 1940s

People on a riverbank, India
A group of people on a riverbank in an unidentified location in India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Clergyman Fishing Aldin
A clergyman fishes from the riverbank, watched by the local children

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