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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: 1762Reference: 2189090i- Pictures
Sculpture on the Tower of the Winds, Athens: the south west wind. Engraving by J. Basire the elder, 1762.
Stuart, James, 1713-1788.Date: 1762Reference: 2189092i- Pictures
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A woman and a dog hurrying from an approaching storm. Gouache.
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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- Pictures
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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- Pictures
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.
Boulogne, Louis, 1654-1733.Date: 1718Reference: 23945i- Pictures
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Two windmills (in the Netherlands?) Pencil drawing [by Lilly?], 1862.
Date: 1862Reference: 47585i- Pictures
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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.
Reference: 38629i- Pictures
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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.
Owen, Samuel, 1768-1857.Reference: 27701i- Pictures
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Royal Naval Hospital, Greenwich, with ships and rowing boats in the foreground, viewed from the Isle of Dogs. Engraving by A. Warren, 1805, after R. B. Schnebbelie.
Schnebbelie, Robert Blemmel, -approximately 1849.Date: 18 May 1805Reference: 26999i- Pictures
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Right, Fūjin, the Japanese wind-god; left, leaves in autumn. Colour woodcut, ca. 1872.
Date: [1872?]Reference: 729107i- Pictures
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A windy day at Margate: a man accidentally bumping into another man, and knocking out his last tooth. Coloured etching by W. Heath, 1810.
Date: 5 April 1810Reference: 16642i- Pictures
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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.
DeWint, Peter, 1784-1849.Date: 1825Reference: 27667i- Books
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An account of the constant and periodical trade-winds, or monsoons, the land and sea breezes, and the variable winds; together with an account of the setting of the currents, and the strength thereof, as they most commonly happen in the different parts of the East-Indies The whole Illustrated by Examples taken from the Journals of several European and Country Ships; shewing the Reason why some have made their Passages, whilst others, in the same Season, or perhaps at the very same Time, have lost, or at least prolonged theirs. By Philo-Nauticus.
Philo-nauticus.Date: MDCCLXXIV. [1774]- Pictures
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Boreas raises Orithyia aloft. Etching by P. Dupin after C. de La Fosse.
Lafosse, Charles de, 1636-1716.Reference: 524655i- Books
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An exact survey of the tide. Explicating its production and propagation, variety and anomaly, in all parts of the world; Especially near the Coasts of Great Britain and Ireland. With a Preliminary Treatise concerning the Origine of Springs, Generation of Rain, and Production of Wind. With fifteen curious maps. The second edition. To which is added, a clear and succinct description of an engine, which fetcheth water out of the deep, and raiseth it to the height design'd, progressively, by the same motion. By E. Barlow, gent.
Barlow, E. (Edward), 1639-1719.Date: MDCCXXII. [1722]- Pictures
Sculpture on the Tower of the Winds, Athens: the north wind. Engraving by J. Basire the elder, 1762.
Stuart, James, 1713-1788.Date: 1762Reference: 2189091i- Books
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An exact survey of the tide. Explicating its production and propagation, Variety and Anomaly, in all parts of the world; Especially near the Coasts of Great Britain and Ireland. With a Preliminary Treatise concerning the Origin of Springs, Generation of Rain, and Production of Wind. The second edition with curious maps. By E. Barlow, gent.
Barlow, E. (Edward), 1639-1719.Date: 1722- Pictures
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Geography: a water spout in the South Atlantic Ocean. Coloured lithograph by A. Aglio, 1824, after P. Schmidtmeyer.
Schmidtmeyer, Peter.Date: [1824]Reference: 46893i- Pictures
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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.
Owen, Samuel, 1768-1857.Reference: 26991i- Pictures
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A fisherwoman blown by the wind; representing Pisces in the astrological year. Lithograph after S. Tresca after L. Lafitte.
Lafitte, Louis, 1770-1828.Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 26515i- Pictures
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The magi sheltering in a cave on the way to Bethlehem; here representing mercury converted into sulphur, at the moment of its fixation in the alchemical process. Coloured etching after etching, 17th century.
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A collection of voyages. In four volumes. Containing I. Captain William Dampier's Voyages round the World: Describing particularly, the Coasts and Islands in the East and West-Indies. The South-Sea Coasts of Chili, Peru and Mexico. The Countries of Tonquin, Achin and Malacca. The Cape of Good Hope, New-Holland, &c. II. The Voyages of Lionel Wafer; Giving an Account of his being left on the Isthmus of America, amongst the Indians, and of their Treatment of him; with a particular Description of the Country, &c. Also The Natural History of those Parts. By a Fellow of the Royal Society. And Davis's Expedition to the Golden Mines. III. A Voyage round the World: Containing an Account of Capt. Dampier's Expedition into the South-Seas in the Ship St. George. With his Various Adventures and Engagements, &c. together with a Voyage from the West Coast of Mexico to East-India. By W. Funnell, Mate to Capt. Dampier. IV. Capt. Cowley's Voyage round the Globe. V. Capt. Sharp's Journey over the Isthmus of Darien, and Expedition into the South-Seas. VI. Capt. Wood's Voyage through the Streights of Magellan. Vii Mr. Roberts's Adventures and Sufferings amongst the Corsairs of the Levant: His Description of the Archipelago Islands, &c. Illustrated with maps and draughts: also several birds, fishes, and plants, not found in this Part of the World: Curiously Engraven on Copper-Plates.
Date: MDCCXXIX. [1729]- Pictures
The prophet Daniel standing in front of the fantastic beasts of the sea. Engraving, c. 1620.
Reference: 20123i- Pictures
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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.
Leech, John, 1817-1864.Reference: 34768i