| Introduction | |
| 1 | Water in the landscape |
| From the mountains to the sea | |
| 2 | Landscape: Rivers and streams |
| 3 | Landscape: Lakes, ponds, meres, reed beds and lagoons |
| 4 | Waterfalls |
| 5 | Seascapes |
| Niagara Falls | |
| 6 | Hugh Lee Pattinson: Niagara Falls |
| 7 | Charles Lyell on Niagara Falls (1845) |
| 8 | Platt D. Babbitt: Joseph Avery at Niagara Falls (1853) |
| 9 | George Stacy: Niagara Falls |
| 10 | Alexander Henderson: Niagara Falls |
| 11 | George Barker: Niagara Falls |
| 12 | James T. Gardner: Special Report of New York State Survey on the Preservation of the Scenery of Niagara Falls, and Fourth Annual Report... (1880) |
| 13 | Niagara Falls |
| Yosemite | |
| 14 | California: Yosemite: Bridalveil Fall |
| 15 | California: Yosemite: Yosemite Falls |
| Notable waterfalls | |
| 16 | J.P. Doremus: Passaic Falls & Vicinity [Series] |
| Case studies | |
| 17 | Herrin Gallery: Columbia River Scenery, via The Dalles, Portland, and Astoria, Navigation Company Steamers |
| 18 | John Blakemore: All Flows |
| Backgrounds and foregrounds | |
| 19 | Water as an element in studio backgrounds and foregrounds |
| Introduction | |
| 1 | Water in the landscape |
| From the mountains to the sea | |
| 2 | Landscape: Rivers and streams |
| 3 | Landscape: Lakes, ponds, meres, reed beds and lagoons |
| 4 | Waterfalls |
| 5 | Seascapes |
| Niagara Falls | |
| 6 | Hugh Lee Pattinson: Niagara Falls |
| 7 | Charles Lyell on Niagara Falls (1845) |
| 8 | Platt D. Babbitt: Joseph Avery at Niagara Falls (1853) |
| 9 | George Stacy: Niagara Falls |
| 10 | Alexander Henderson: Niagara Falls |
| 11 | George Barker: Niagara Falls |
| 12 | James T. Gardner: Special Report of New York State Survey on the Preservation of the Scenery of Niagara Falls, and Fourth Annual Report... (1880) |
| 13 | Niagara Falls |
| Yosemite | |
| 14 | California: Yosemite: Bridalveil Fall |
| 15 | California: Yosemite: Yosemite Falls |
| Notable waterfalls | |
| 16 | J.P. Doremus: Passaic Falls & Vicinity [Series] |
| Case studies | |
| 17 | Herrin Gallery: Columbia River Scenery, via The Dalles, Portland, and Astoria, Navigation Company Steamers |
| 18 | John Blakemore: All Flows |
| Backgrounds and foregrounds | |
| 19 | Water as an element in studio backgrounds and foregrounds |
