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Winds

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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.
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Catalogue

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

    Stuart, James, 1713-1788. | Date: 1762 | Reference: 2189090i
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    Sculpture on the Tower of the Winds, Athens: the south west wind. Engraving by J. Basire the elder, 1762.

    Stuart, James, 1713-1788. | Date: 1762 | Reference: 2189092i
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    A woman and a dog hurrying from an approaching storm. Gouache.

    | Reference: 26032i
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    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-.

    Coxcie, Michel, 1499-1592. | Date: [between 1500 and 1599] | Reference: 2940395i
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    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.

    Dawson, Henry, 1811-1878. | Reference: 28185i
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