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![[Allegorical illustration of a couple embracing at edge of pond]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTAvMDEvMDEvYWxsZWdvcmljYWwtaWxsdXN0cmF0aW9uLW9mLWEtY291cGxlLWVtYnJhY2luZy1hdC1lZGdlLW9mLXBvbmQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/445/jpg "[Allegorical illustration of a couple embracing at edge of pond]")
![[Sailors and others in a lifeboat, as one sailor gestures to a submarine in the background] / F. Brangwyn A.R.A.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTcvMDEvMDEvc2FpbG9ycy1hbmQtb3RoZXJzLWluLWEtbGlmZWJvYXQtYXMtb25lLXNhaWxvci1nZXN0dXJlcy10by1hLXN1Ym1hcmluZS1pbi10aGUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "[Sailors and others in a lifeboat, as one sailor gestures to a submarine in the background] / F. Brangwyn A.R.A.")
![[Reproduction of an illustration showing a painting of a river bank]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjQvcmVwcm9kdWN0aW9uLW9mLWFuLWlsbHVzdHJhdGlvbi1zaG93aW5nLWEtcGFpbnRpbmctb2YtYS1yaXZlci1iYW5rLTJmMmZkYS02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[Reproduction of an illustration showing a painting of a river bank]")
![[Reproduction of illustration showing a garden fountain]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTkvcmVwcm9kdWN0aW9uLW9mLWlsbHVzdHJhdGlvbi1zaG93aW5nLWEtZ2FyZGVuLWZvdW50YWluLTc3NmI2Yi02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[Reproduction of illustration showing a garden fountain]")
![Relief similar to basin of lustration [Baalbek]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTgvMDEvMDEvcmVsaWVmLXNpbWlsYXItdG8tYmFzaW4tb2YtbHVzdHJhdGlvbi1iYWFsYmVrLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "Relief similar to basin of lustration [Baalbek]")
![[Fan-shaped drawing of fish swimming upstream]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDgvMjkvZmFuLXNoYXBlZC1kcmF3aW5nLW9mLWZpc2gtc3dpbW1pbmctdXBzdHJlYW0tN2VmNGFhLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "[Fan-shaped drawing of fish swimming upstream]")
![[Alligator reaching for water fowl on chain]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTAvMDEvMDEvYWxsaWdhdG9yLXJlYWNoaW5nLWZvci13YXRlci1mb3dsLW9uLWNoYWluLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[Alligator reaching for water fowl on chain]")
![[Cliffs around pool of water, probably the Dead Sea]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTgvMDEvMDEvY2xpZmZzLWFyb3VuZC1wb29sLW9mLXdhdGVyLXByb2JhYmx5LXRoZS1kZWFkLXNlYS02NDAuanBn/40/29/webp "[Cliffs around pool of water, probably the Dead Sea]")
