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By the River at Vernon by Monet
An 1883 oil on canvas, By the River at Vernon, by Claude Monet (1840-1926), the French impressionist painter. Painted in late-afternoon light, the artist was keen to capture the effect of the reflections in the river. Monet applies paint...

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Cherub (From the Novel "The Jericho River")
An illustration by Maia Kobabe showing a cherub. These multi-headed beings appear in Abrahamic religions where they often function as attendant angels.
From the novel The Jericho River by David Tollen.

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Roman River God Arno
A Roman marble statue depicting the River god Arno (the river which runs through Florence). First half of the 2nd century CE, although the head is a Renaissance replacement. (Vatican Museums, Rome)

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Ancient Aqueduct (From the Novel "The Jericho River")
An illustration by Maia Kobabe showing an ancient aqueduct.
From the novel The Jericho River by David Tollen.

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Missouri River
The Missouri River. Photo taken by Hans Andersen in Bismarck, North Dakota, USA in 2004 from the vantage point of the The Meriwether Restaurant looking toward the north. The photo resonates in the line from the Cheyenne legend Old Woman's...

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An Early-Modern Scholar (From the Novel "The Jericho River")
An illustration by Maia Kobabe showing a typical scholar of the 17th to 18th centuries.
From the novel The Jericho River by David Tollen.

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Tigris, Euphrates, & Nile River Flows
Map showing the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers flowing from north to south into the Persian Gulf, and the Nile River flowing from south to north into the Mediterranean Sea.

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Map of Kenya with Tana River Indicated
A map of Kenya showing the Tana River highlighted in blue.
(By: Internal Map of the World (UTA) - derivative work: Svenskan)

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Thetis Dipping Achilles into the River Styx
A painting by Antoine Borel (1743-1810) depicting Thetis dipping Achilles into the River Styx to make him immortal.

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The Colossus of Rhodes (From the Novel "The Jericho River")
An illustration by Maia Kobabe showing the Colossus of Rhodes. The Colossus of Rhodes was a gigantic 33-metre-high bronze statue of the sun god Helios which stood by the harbour of that city from c. 280 BCE. From the novel The Jericho River...