Swims Collection

Otter swimming
A pen & ink illustration of an Otter from the Wild Animals in Britain Book, illustrated by Raymond Sheppard

Saved by a female Bather
A gentleman bather who has found himself in trouble, is rescued by two extremely glamorous lady bathers. One has him firmly In Tow

Scuba Diver
A scuba diver inside a large metal water tank. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Bottlenose Dolphin - recently born calf swims with mother (Tursiops truncatus). Oltremare lagoon Riccione Italy. The pregnancy lasted 54 weeks

LEANDER
Leander, the lover of Hero (a priestess of Aphrodite), swims the Hellespont nightly to be with her, as depicted here : but one night he drowns, so she drowns herself too

HERO & LEANDER HERO & LEANDER
Leander nightly swims the Hellespont to be with his lover Hero, a priestess of Aphrodite, but one day he drowns and she joins him neath the billowing wave

Indian Cosmic Myth
In Indian myth, our world is supported by four Elephants standing on the back of a giant Turtle who swims with it through the Sea of Infinity

William Marshal the Elder, 1st Earl of Pembroke, Tomb Effigy
Members of the W. S. C. (Windsor Swimming Club) who have borrowed the Eton College Punt Cuckoo to use as the starting line for a race on the River Thames

A Reticulated Python swims from a small freshwater-stream into a sea, to move between parts of island shore (Python reticulatus )

Swimming a Witch
The art of Swimming a witch. The lady floating is the witch, who by dint of her buoyancy has failed the test. At the bottom right-hand corner you can see the feet of the woman who passed the test but

Publius Horatius Cocles defending the Tiber bridge
Publius Horatius Cocles, an army officer of the Roman Republic, together with two companions, Spurius Larcius and Titus Herminius

Memorial to Captain Webb (Cross-channel swimmer) - Dover
Dover, Kent, England - Memorial to Captain Matthew Webb (1848-1883) famous cross-channel swimmer, the first to achieve this feat between Dover and Calais in 1875

Bottlenose Dolphin - recently born calf swims with mother (Tursiops truncatus). Oltremare lagoon Riccione Italy. The pregnancy lasted 54 weeks

A Common Monitor Lizard swims in a small stream, looking for prey (Varanus salvator). in rainforest of Tioman Island, 30 km East off peninsula Malaysia in South China Sea; June

A snorkeller swims into an entry of a Big Lagoon of El Nido Minilok island, near El Nido Minilok resort. El Nido, Palawan, Philippines. February

Reflections in a small lake in taiga forest at dusk. Golden-eye male duck swims on water (Bucephala clangula). Uganskii Nat. reserve, Siberia, Russia. Spring

A fish swimming in a river
A fish swims along a river, lush scenery in the background. 1925

General Birdwood swimming
British General William Birdwood (1865 - 1951) swimming at Anzac Cove where he had led a landing of Australian and New Zealand Army Corps troops as part of the amphibious invasion of the Gallipoli

Two Polar bears
Polar bears, one swimming, the other standing on the Arctic ice shelf. Oil painting by Raymond Sheppard

Alices Adventures Underground: Alice in the pool of tears
Alice swims in the pool of tears with a mouse and a fish. Hand drawn illustrations by Lewis Carroll from Alices Adventures Underground, his story that pre-dated Alices Adventures in Wonderland

Alices Adventures Underground: Alice swims
Alice swims in the pool of tears, followed by birds and animals. Hand drawn illustrations by Lewis Carroll from Alices Adventures Underground, his story that pre-dated Alices Adventures in Wonderland

Tom Jumps out of Water
Tom swims with the tide towards a life buoy and skips three feet in the air out of the waves

Boy Spouting Water
A boy blows water out of his mouth as he swims backstroke in Majorca, Spain

Hunters Cross a Stream
Foxhunters jump a stream, a solitary hound swims it

Lady Swimming / 1820
A lady swims leisurely on her side in the sea with a cliff in the background from which a number of people are admiring her ability

Indian Cosmic System
In Indian myth, our world is supported by four Elephants standing on the back of a giant Turtle who swims with it through the Sea of Infinity

Alice / The Pool of Tears
Alice swims in the Pool of Tears

Water Babies / Fairies
Tom swims in the river accompanied by fairies, past the great town with its wharfs, mills & tall smoking chimneys

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