Turquoise-tinted rapids surge through a wooded gorge where the East Lyn River and Hoaroak Water converge at Watersmeet, one of Exmoor's most celebrated beauty spots — this hand-coloured Edwardian card captures the scene with the dreamy luminosity typical of early chromolithograph printing, a rustic cottage just visible on the left bank beneath ancient oaks. Watersmeet had been a Victorian picnic destination since the mid-1800s, and Lynmouth itself was already famous among artists long before the catastrophic flood of 1952 reshaped the village; postcards from this pre-linen era are tangible windows into a landscape that was dramatically altered within a generation. The card carries number 232 in its series and the undivided-back format — mandating address-only on the reverse — places it firmly before the 1902 British Post Office regulation change, or perhaps the transitional 1902–1907 window when the divided back was phased in, with the printed notice on the reverse ("This Space, as well as the Back, may now be used for Communication") confirming it straddles that regulatory moment. Never posted, it retains vivid colour and sharp detail throughout.