Four female torsos joined at the waist with garden features as heads; symbolising the four seasons in a garden. Etching by T. B., c. 1797.

Astronomy: the Aurora Borealis, with a reindeer-drawn sledge in the foreground. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.

A storm over a Dutch landscape. Etching after Rembrandt van Rijn.

The climate of London, deduced from meteorological observations, made in the Metropolis, and at various places around it / by Luke Howard.

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

A woman walking in the rain as a figure in the clouds pours a bucket; representing Aquarius in the astrological year. Lithograph after S. Tresca after L. Lafitte.

Meteorology: a table of the weather. Engraving by R. & E. Williamson, 1815, after Sir John Herschel.

Meteorology: the sun in Baffin Bay disperses thick fog in the shape of a semicircle. Coloured etching by P. Fumagalli, 1827, after B. O'Reilly.

Lot and his family flee Sodom as it burns; Lot's wife faces the terrible scene, aghast. Coloured lithograph after J. Martin.

Geography: monsoons at sea, with rain. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.

The fall of Babylon; Cyrus the Great defeating the Chaldean army. Mezzotint by J. Martin, 1831, after himself, 1819.

Lightning striking a rural building during a storm: onlookers react in terror. Engraving, 16--.

1 print : engraving, with watercolour ; image and border 21.8 x 13.1 cm

Meteorology: a chart of air pressure and temperature at Manchester, for the year 1812. Coloured engraving, 1813, after T. Hanson, 1812.

A man is looking out of the window through a telescope as young children play on a rocking horse. Etching.

Twenty-fifth annual report of the trustees of the State Lunatic Hospital, at Worcester. December, 1857.

1 print : engraving ; image 14.8 x 22.2 cm

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.

Meteorological observations on the Maloja plateau, Upper Engadine, Switzerland, 6,000 feet above the sea / by A. Tucker Wise.

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Meteorology: a chart of air pressure and temperature at Manchester, for the year 1812. Coloured engraving, 1813, after T. Hanson, 1812.

A man is looking out of the window through a telescope as young children play on a rocking horse. Etching.

Twenty-fifth annual report of the trustees of the State Lunatic Hospital, at Worcester. December, 1857.

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.

Meteorological observations on the Maloja plateau, Upper Engadine, Switzerland, 6,000 feet above the sea / by A. Tucker Wise.

Weather

Images from the collections

Images referencing Weather

Works from the collections

Meteorology: a chart of air pressure and temperature at Manchester, for the year 1812. Coloured engraving, 1813, after T. Hanson, 1812.

A man is looking out of the window through a telescope as young children play on a rocking horse. Etching.

Twenty-fifth annual report of the trustees of the State Lunatic Hospital, at Worcester. December, 1857.

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.

Meteorological observations on the Maloja plateau, Upper Engadine, Switzerland, 6,000 feet above the sea / by A. Tucker Wise.

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