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A woman and a dog hurrying from an approaching storm. Gouache.

A crowned woman in red holding a rose-topped caduceus; she is suspended in a circle of water; a cherub blows wind from above; representing a stage in the process of alchemy. Coloured etching, ca. 18th century.

Aeolus, at the request of Juno, opens a door in a mountainside, releasing the winds that will wreck the fleet of Aeneas; representing the element air. Engraving by C. Dupuis, 1718, after Louis de Boullogne the younger.

A windy day at Margate: a man accidentally bumping into another man, and knocking out his last tooth. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1810.

Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, from the Isle of Dogs, with ships and rowing boats in the foreground, viewed from a distance up river. Engraving by J. McGahey.

Boreas raises Orithyia aloft. Etching by P. Dupin after C. de La Fosse.

A man is standing on the banks of a river with a fishing line in the water, he is hunched against the very wet and windy weather. Coloured process print after J. Leech.

Geography: a water spout in the South Atlantic Ocean. Coloured lithograph by A. Aglio, 1824, after P. Schmidtmeyer.

Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, from the Isle of Dogs, with ships and rowing boats in the foreground, viewed from a distance up river. Engraving by C. Heath, 1825, after P. de Wint.

Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships and rowing boats in the foreground, a windy day, a rough tide running. Engraving by R. Wallis after S. Owen.

Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, seen from the Isle of Dogs, with ships and rowing boats in the foreground, a windy day, a rough tide running. Engraving by R. Wallis after S. Owen.

Four women in a room being blown by the north wind: another is leading a man with a cane out of the door. Coloured etching by J. Gillray.

Sculpture on the Tower of the Winds, Athens: the north west wind. Engraving by J. Basire the elder, 1762.

Sculpture on the Tower of the Winds, Athens: the south west wind. Engraving by J. Basire the elder, 1762.

The story of Cupid and Psyche: the west wind carries Psyche from the mountain top and lays her gently outside a palace in the valley. Engraving by the Master of the Die, 15--, after M. Coxie, 153-.

Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships and rowing boats in the foreground, a windy day, a rough tide running. Photomechanical reproduction by Dawsons after H. Dawson.

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Sculpture on the Tower of the Winds, Athens: the north west wind. Engraving by J. Basire the elder, 1762.

Sculpture on the Tower of the Winds, Athens: the south west wind. Engraving by J. Basire the elder, 1762.

A woman and a dog hurrying from an approaching storm. Gouache.

The story of Cupid and Psyche: the west wind carries Psyche from the mountain top and lays her gently outside a palace in the valley. Engraving by the Master of the Die, 15--, after M. Coxie, 153-.

Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships and rowing boats in the foreground, a windy day, a rough tide running. Photomechanical reproduction by Dawsons after H. Dawson.

Winds

Images from the collections

Images about Winds

Works from the collections

Sculpture on the Tower of the Winds, Athens: the north west wind. Engraving by J. Basire the elder, 1762.

Sculpture on the Tower of the Winds, Athens: the south west wind. Engraving by J. Basire the elder, 1762.

A woman and a dog hurrying from an approaching storm. Gouache.

The story of Cupid and Psyche: the west wind carries Psyche from the mountain top and lays her gently outside a palace in the valley. Engraving by the Master of the Die, 15--, after M. Coxie, 153-.

Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships and rowing boats in the foreground, a windy day, a rough tide running. Photomechanical reproduction by Dawsons after H. Dawson.

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