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Four Angels holding back the Winds, from the Apocalypse

Four Angels holding back the Winds, from the Apocalypse

Jean Duvet (French, ca. 1485–after 1561) Public domain scan of French 16th-17th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript: Angels Restrain the Four Winds; the Angel Ascends from the Rising Sun

Leaf from a Beatus Manuscript: Angels Restrain the Four Winds; the Ang...

Public domain reproduction of illuminated manuscript page, 14th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description. The Beatus manuscript of King Ferdinand I, from San Isidoro de León, ... More

Four Winds from BL YT 10, f. 11v

Four Winds from BL YT 10, f. 11v

Detail of a miniature of angels holding the four winds (beasts' heads) at the four corners of the earth, from Revelation 7:1-2. Image taken from f. 11v of Apocalypse (Revelation). Written in French. Henry Yate... More

Four Winds and Angel from BL YT 10, f. 11v

Four Winds and Angel from BL YT 10, f. 11v

Miniature of angels holding the four winds (beasts' heads) at the four corners of the earth, from Revelation 7:1-2; miniature of an angel with red wings, holding a staff with a red cross, from Revelation 7:3. ... More

Neptune and the Winds by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Oil on Canvas, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Neptune and the Winds by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Oil on Canvas, Met...

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Daniel's vision: four winds, four symbolic beasts and a crying voice

Daniel's vision: four winds, four symbolic beasts and a crying voice

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Winds from BL Sloane 795, f. 20

Winds from BL Sloane 795, f. 20

Diagrams of the winds, with the four elements, and the four qualities. Image taken from f. 20 of Medical treatises, Fistula in Ano (ff. 96v-163v); Liber medicinarum (ff. 20v-96v). Written in Latin. Sir Hans Sl... More

Diagram of the winds from BL Harley 2767, f. 16v

Diagram of the winds from BL Harley 2767, f. 16v

Detail of a diagram of the eight winds at Book I, vi, 12. Image taken from f. 16v of On Architecture (De architectura). Written in Latin. The "BL Harley Manuscript" refers to a collection of medieval manuscrip... More

Four angels and four winds from BL Royal 15 D II, f. 132

Four angels and four winds from BL Royal 15 D II, f. 132

Detail of a miniature of John and the angel witnessing four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds, in illustration of Revelation 7:1. Image taken from f. 132 of La lumier... More

God the Father in the darkness, surrounded by the winds

God the Father in the darkness, surrounded by the winds

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Map of the world and the winds - Public domain medieval manuscript

Map of the world and the winds - Public domain medieval manuscript

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The phases of the moon, the winds, the elements and the seasons

The phases of the moon, the winds, the elements and the seasons

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Winds from BL Royal 14 E VI, f. 288

Winds from BL Royal 14 E VI, f. 288

Miniature of the author discussing with two men, with two figures of Winds, with a full border containing the royal arms of England on a banner held by an angel and on a shield encircled by the Garter with the ... More

The Four Angels Staying the Winds, from The Apocalypse

The Four Angels Staying the Winds, from The Apocalypse

Public domain photo of Albrecht Durer art print, Germany, 16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

L'Apocalypse (Edition latine) : Les Quatre Anges retenant les quatre vents de la terre (Bartsch 66)

L'Apocalypse (Edition latine) : Les Quatre Anges retenant les quatre v...

Edition latine avec texte imprimé au verso Monogramme = chiffre - En bas au centre : "AD" Marque de collection - En bas à gauche : "DUTUIT" (Lugt 708)

L'Apocalypse (Edition allemande) : Les Quatre Anges retenant les quatre vents de la terre (Bartsch 66)

L'Apocalypse (Edition allemande) : Les Quatre Anges retenant les quatr...

Edition allemande avec texte imprimé au verso Monogramme = chiffre - En bas au centre : "AD" Marque de collection - Estampée à l'encre noire au verso : "A.F.D" (Lugt 119) Marque de collection - En bas à gauche ... More

The Four Angels Holding the Winds, from The Apocalypse, German Edition, 1498

The Four Angels Holding the Winds, from The Apocalypse, German Edition...

Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471–1528 Nuremberg) Public domain photograph of 15th-century woodblock print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Albrecht Durer - Engelen houden de vier winden tegen

Albrecht Durer - Engelen houden de vier winden tegen

Vier engelen, linksonder, houden vier winden (in de vorm van vier blazende kopjes) tegen, terwijl een andere engel bij een aantal mensen een kruis op het voorhoofd tekent. Op versozijde Latijnse bijbeltekst in ... More

Albrecht Durer - The Four Angels Holding the Winds

Albrecht Durer - The Four Angels Holding the Winds

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Quatre anges retiennent les vents

Quatre anges retiennent les vents

France Public domain scan of 16th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Albrecht Dürer - Angels Restraining the Four Winds

Albrecht Dürer - Angels Restraining the Four Winds

Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471–1528 Nuremberg) Public domain scan German Renaissance print, art, 15th-16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Four Angels Holding the Winds, from The Apocalypse

The Four Angels Holding the Winds, from The Apocalypse

Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471–1528 Nuremberg) Public domain scan German Renaissance print, art, 15th-16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Four Angels Restraining the Winds, from the Apocalypse series

The Four Angels Restraining the Winds, from the Apocalypse series

Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471–1528 Nuremberg) Public domain scan German Renaissance print, art, 15th-16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Christoffel van Sichem II - Engelen houden de vier winden tegen

Christoffel van Sichem II - Engelen houden de vier winden tegen

Vier engelen houden de vier winden tegen, terwijl een andere engel bij enkele mensen een kruis op het voorhoofd tekent. Boven de voorstelling een titel. Eronder zes versregels en een verwijzing naar Openbaring ... More

Albrecht Durer - Quatre anges retiennent les quatre vents

Albrecht Durer - Quatre anges retiennent les quatre vents

Allemagne Public domain scan of German 16th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Albrecht Durer - Engelen houden de vier winden tegen

Albrecht Durer - Engelen houden de vier winden tegen

Vier engelen, linksonder, houden vier winden (in de vorm van vier blazende kopjes) tegen, terwijl een andere engel bij een aantal mensen een kruis op het voorhoofd tekent. Op versozijde Latijnse bijbeltekst in ... More

The phases of the moon, the winds, the elements and the seasons

The phases of the moon, the winds, the elements and the seasons

Public domain scan of a medieval manuscript, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Map of the world and the winds - Public domain illuminated manuscript

Map of the world and the winds - Public domain illuminated manuscript

Public domain scan of a medieval illuminated manuscript page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

The four winds (as human heads) are restrained by four angels (5th of 6)

The four winds (as human heads) are restrained by four angels (5th of ...

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Recto: Landscape with Trees and Figures (? Remarks on the  Winds and the Lay-out of the City; Vitruvius, Book 1, Chapter 6, nos. 2, 3): Verso: Blank.

Recto: Landscape with Trees and Figures (? Remarks on the Winds and t...

Public domain photo of Antique sculpture, Europe, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Recto: Landscape with Trees and Figures (? Remarks on the  Winds and the Lay-out of the City; Vitruvius, Book 1, Chapter 6, nos. 2, 3): Verso: Blank.

Recto: Landscape with Trees and Figures (? Remarks on the Winds and t...

Public domain image, 16th-17th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Giulio Bonasone - Junon et Eole

Giulio Bonasone - Junon et Eole

Italie Public domain scan of Italian 16th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Jean Duvet - Four Angels Holding Back the Winds

Jean Duvet - Four Angels Holding Back the Winds

Public domain reproduction of art print, 15th-16th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cornelis Bos - Juno en Aeolus - Engraving, Public domain image

Cornelis Bos - Juno en Aeolus - Engraving, Public domain image

Juno rijdt in haar wagen die door twee pauwen getrokken wordt. Ze strekt de hand uit naar Aeolus de god van de wind die langs de weg staat. Juno komt Aeolus vragen of hij de winden vrij kan laten zodat Carthago... More

Vier engelen houden de vier winden tegen

Vier engelen houden de vier winden tegen

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Landschap met bruggetje, Groot-Brittanië ('Where Winds the Dyke')

Landschap met bruggetje, Groot-Brittanië ('Where Winds the Dyke')

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Vier engelen houden de vier winden tegen

Vier engelen houden de vier winden tegen

Vier engelen houden met zwaarden de vier winden van de aarde in bedwang. Een andere engel daalt met een kruis uit de hemel neer. Hij zegent vervolgens de voorhoofden van de goede christenen met de zegel van de ... More

Winter: een koning met de vier winden

Winter: een koning met de vier winden

Voorstelling van de winter in een serie met de vier seizoenen. Een koning met een Januskop en scepter en kroon zit op een stenen muur. Achter hem zijn kinderen aan het schaatsen. In de wolken symboliseren vier ... More

Vier engelen houden de vier winden in bedwang

Vier engelen houden de vier winden in bedwang

Vier engelen houden met hun zwaard de vier winden in bedwang. In het midden brengt een engel het zegel van God aan op het voorhoofd van een lid van een stam van Israël. Boven in de wolken een engel met een krui... More

Vier engelen houden de vier winden in bedwang

Vier engelen houden de vier winden in bedwang

Vier engelen houden met hun zwaard de vier winden in bedwang. In het midden brengt een engel het zegel van God aan op het voorhoofd van een lid van een stam van Israël. Boven in de wolken een engel met een krui... More

Vier engelen houden de vier winden in bedwang

Vier engelen houden de vier winden in bedwang

Vier engelen houden met hun zwaard de vier winden in bedwang. In het midden brengt een engel het zegel van God aan op het voorhoofd van een lid van een stam van Israël. Boven in de wolken een engel met een krui... More

Navigational charts & designs: The demonstration of the wyndes

Navigational charts & designs: The demonstration of the wyndes

Illus. in: Martin Cortés, Arte de Navigation, London, 1589, fol. 56. Reference copy may be in SSF - Navigation. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Moon; Sun; Ast... More

Jean Jacques Caffieri - Aeolus and the Winds, bronze

Jean Jacques Caffieri - Aeolus and the Winds, bronze

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Willem Danielsz van Tetrode - Quos Ego

Willem Danielsz van Tetrode - Quos Ego

Plaquette van lood, "Quos Ego", met voorstelling van Neptunus, omgeven door talrijke Tritons, zeenimfen en putti. Rondom een rand van guilloches. De plaquette is enigszins concaaf gebogen.

Firedog (Juno Controlling the Winds) (chenet) (one of a pair)

Firedog (Juno Controlling the Winds) (chenet) (one of a pair)

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The rock of Aeolus, surrounded by water, with steps leading up the rock, the heads of three of the four winds on each corner blowing outwards, Aeolus crowned at the summit, four winds in the sky around him, from 'The contest of the seasons' (La gara delle stagioni)

The rock of Aeolus, surrounded by water, with steps leading up the roc...

Stefano della Bella (Italian, Florence 1610–1664 Florence) Public domain photograph of 17th century Italian drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Firedog (Juno Controlling the Winds) (chenet) (one of a pair)

Firedog (Juno Controlling the Winds) (chenet) (one of a pair)

A pair of black lacquer bronze sculptures of the four seasons, Italy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Juno Commanding Aeolus to Release the Winds

Juno Commanding Aeolus to Release the Winds

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Christoffel van Sichem II - Engelen houden de vier winden tegen

Christoffel van Sichem II - Engelen houden de vier winden tegen

Vier engelen houden vier winden (in de vorm van vier blazende kopjes) tegen, terwijl een andere engel bij een aantal mensen een kruis op het voorhoofd tekent. De prent maakt deel uit van een album.

Theodoor van Thulden - Odysseus ontvangt van Aeolus de zak met tegenwinden

Theodoor van Thulden - Odysseus ontvangt van Aeolus de zak met tegenwi...

Odysseus, met een helm op het hoofd, ontvangt van Aeolus de zak met tegenwinden. Op deze manier zal Odysseus geen last van tegenwind hebben.

Theodoor van Thulden - Navigatie door Odysseus

Theodoor van Thulden - Navigatie door Odysseus

Odysseus en zijn mannen, gekleed in wapenrusting, op de schepen. De prent maakt deel uit van een album.

Vier engelen houden de vier winden in bedwang

Vier engelen houden de vier winden in bedwang

Vier engelen houden met hun zwaard de vier winden in bedwang. In het midden brengt een engel het zegel van God aan op het voorhoofd van een lid van een stam van Israël. Boven in de wolken een engel met een krui... More

Theodor Matham - Gepersonifieerde winden blazen op de wereld

Theodor Matham - Gepersonifieerde winden blazen op de wereld

Twaalf winden, als mannenfiguren zittend op de wolken, blazen op de wereldbol in hun midden. Op de voorgrond aan weerszijden van de titel twee vrouwelijke personificaties; links met een wereldbol en rechts met ... More

Carte vniverselle du commerce, c'est à dire carte hidrographique, où sont exactement decrites les costes des 4 parties du monde, avecque les routes pour la navigation des Indes occidentales et orientales

Carte vniverselle du commerce, c'est à dire carte hidrographique, où s...

Relief shown pictorially. Includes illustrations of ships on trade routes. Shows California as an island. LC copy foldlined. Stamped on verso: 6849. Shirley, R.W. Mapping of the world, 364 Available also throug... More

Francesco Solimena - Juno and Aeolus

Francesco Solimena - Juno and Aeolus

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A new chart of the vast Atlantic Ocean : exhibiting the seat of war, both in Europe and America, likewise the trade winds & course of sailing from one continent to the other, with the banks, shoals and rocks drawn according to the latest discoveries, and regulated by astronomical observations

A new chart of the vast Atlantic Ocean : exhibiting the seat of war, b...

Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

A new and correct map of the world : laid down according to the newest observations & discoveries in several different projections including the trade winds, monsoons, variation of the compass, and illustrated with a coelestial planisphere, the various systems of Ptolomy, Copernicus, and Tycho Brahe together with ye apearances of the planets &c. /

A new and correct map of the world : laid down according to the newest...

Relief shown pictorially. Insets: The northern hemisphere upon the plane of the Equinoctial -- The northern coelestial hemisphere -- A projection of ye world upon equidistant meridians and parallels -- The nort... More

A map of the West-Indies or the islands of America in the North Sea; with ye adjacent countries; explaning [sic] what belongs to Spain, England, France, Holland, &c. also ye trade winds, and ye several tracts made by ye galeons and flota from place to place.

A map of the West-Indies or the islands of America in the North Sea; w...

Scale ca. 1:5,500,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. "Printed for Tho: Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard and Iohn Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill." "To Wil. Paterson, Esq; this map of the West Ind... More

A map of the West-Indies or the islands of America in the North Sea; with ye adjacent countries; explaning [sic] what belongs to Spain, England, France, Holland &c. also ye trade winds, and ye several tracts made by ye galeons and flota from place to place. According to ye newest and most exact observations,

A map of the West-Indies or the islands of America in the North Sea; w...

Scale ca. 1:4,300,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. "Sold by H. Moll and by I. King at ye Globe in ye Poultrey near Stocks Market." "To Wil. Paterson esq; this map of the West-Indies &c. is most humb... More

Mattheus Terwesten - Ontwerp voor een rond plafondstuk met de vier windstreken

Mattheus Terwesten - Ontwerp voor een rond plafondstuk met de vier win...

Ontwerp voor een plafondschildering. In het midden een door vrouwen gedragen wapenschild, daaromheen de vier windstreken en in de rand de vierwerelddelen en de vier elementen.

A new map of the whole world with the trade winds according to ye latest and most exact observations

A new map of the whole world with the trade winds according to ye late...

Appears in his Atlas Minor. In upper left margin: To front the title to vol. 1 p 1. Includes illustrations, small north polar projection hemisphere, and text. Available also through the Library of Congress Web ... More

Tabula anemographica seu pyxis nautica vulgo compass charte : quâ ventorum noia septem linguis græca scil. latina, italica, hispanica, gallica, hollandica et germanica repræsentantur succinctè elaborata

Tabula anemographica seu pyxis nautica vulgo compass charte : quâ ven...

Regions & Seasons: Thirty-two wind heads appear on this 1760 chart of the heavens by German mapmaker Matthaeus Seutter. Corresponding with each of the thirty-two points on the compass, these winds range in age ... More

A new chart of the vast Atlantic Ocean : exhibiting the seat of war, both in Europe and America, likewise the trade winds & course of sailing from one continent to the other, with the banks, shoals and rocks drawn according to the latest discoveries, and regulated by astronomical observations

A new chart of the vast Atlantic Ocean : exhibiting the seat of war, b...

Public domain scan of vintage 18th-century map, old atlas, navigation, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Pieter Tanje - Neptunus dwingt de winden tot bedaren

Pieter Tanje - Neptunus dwingt de winden tot bedaren

Aeolus heeft alle winden verzamelt op een rots om een grote storm te kunnen veroorzaken en de Trojaanse vloot te vernietigen. Neptunus, de god van de zee, grijpt in en dwingt de winden tot bedaren, zodat het sc... More

A new chart of the vast Atlantic Ocean : exhibiting the seat of war, both in Europe and America, likewise the trade winds & course of sailing from one continent to the other, with the banks, shoals and rocks drawn according to the latest discoveries,

A new chart of the vast Atlantic Ocean : exhibiting the seat of war, b...

Public domain image of a nautical map, chart, navigation pilot guide, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Lotus in the wind, with detail of lotus pod]

[Lotus in the wind, with detail of lotus pod]

Title devised by Library staff, other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Ehon noyamagusa : Illustrated book of mountain grasses. Format:... More

Plate 8: Ulysses receiving the winds in a leather bag from Aeolus

Plate 8: Ulysses receiving the winds in a leather bag from Aeolus

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Carte des variations de la boussole et des vents generaux ...

Carte des variations de la boussole et des vents generaux ...

Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Nowaki, Isoda Koryūsai (Genji Monogatari) - Ukiyo e print

Nowaki, Isoda Koryūsai (Genji Monogatari) - Ukiyo e print

Print shows two women in a room, startled by a sudden wind which has blown down a sliding panel. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From ... More

Diana stuurt winden om Iphigenia te redden

Diana stuurt winden om Iphigenia te redden

Diana stuurt met armgebaar wind om Iphigenia te redden terwijl boven de wind blaast om Griekse vloot weg te houden bij Aulis.

Juno Ordering Aeolus to Unleash the Winds

Juno Ordering Aeolus to Unleash the Winds

Louis Jean Jacques Durameau (French, Paris 1733–1796 Versailles) Public domain scan of 18th century French drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John Flaxman - Athena and the Winds, England

John Flaxman - Athena and the Winds, England

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Plan de la baie de Narraganset dans la Nouvelle Angleterre avec toutes les îles qu'elle renferme parmi lesquelles se trouvent Rhode-Island et l'île de Connonicut.

Plan de la baie de Narraganset dans la Nouvelle Angleterre avec toutes...

Scale ca. 1:70,000. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Soundings shown in fathoms. No. "337" and "12" in upper right corner. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vau... More

Kaze ni nayamu tōka no onna - Torii Kiyonaga

Kaze ni nayamu tōka no onna - Torii Kiyonaga

Print shows a woman huddled against the wind beneath wisteria blossoms. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. Adachi modern reprint (Showa).... More

An high wind in St. Paul's Church yard, British Cartoon Print

An high wind in St. Paul's Church yard, British Cartoon Print

Print shows a street scene outside a print shop on a windy day as pedestrians struggle against the force of the wind. Handwritten title from item. Alternate title from: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the B... More

Rival balloons, Tissandier Collection, France, Political Cartoon

Rival balloons, Tissandier Collection, France, Political Cartoon

British cartoon shows how on a windy day a woman's hat is blown off and takes flight like the balloon shown floating in the distance. Tissandier collection.

Easterly Winds, 19th century, Thomas Rowlandson. Georgian era 1714 - 1737

Easterly Winds, 19th century, Thomas Rowlandson. Georgian era 1714 - 1...

Public domain image, 18th-19th century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his ... More

Miseries of the country. Losing your way on foot at night in a storm of wind and rain, and this immediately after leaving a merry fireside

Miseries of the country. Losing your way on foot at night in a storm o...

Miseries of the country - losing your way in a storm after having spent a cozy evening by the fire Courtesy of Boston Public Library Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centurie... More

Miseries of social life. Walking in a wind that cuts to the bone, with a narrating companion..

Miseries of social life. Walking in a wind that cuts to the bone, with...

Miseries of social life - forced to listen to a long-winded companion while walking in a cold wind Courtesy of Boston Public Library Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centurie... More

Miseries of the country, 2, Thomas Rowlandson

Miseries of the country, 2, Thomas Rowlandson

Miseries of the country - walking in the mud Courtesy of Boston Public Library Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures, satirical... More

Miseries of London, 4, Thomas Rowlandson

Miseries of London, 4, Thomas Rowlandson

Miseries of London - chasing your hat in a high wind Courtesy of Boston Public Library Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures, s... More

Easterly winds or scudding under bare poles

Easterly winds or scudding under bare poles

One of the landing stairs on the river. A gale is blowing, and the boats are dancing about. The watermen are pulling a skiff to the stairs ; at the same moment a breeze is blowing off a parson's wig and hat, an... More

Easterly Winds, 19th century, Thomas Rowlandson. Georgian era 1714 - 1737

Easterly Winds, 19th century, Thomas Rowlandson. Georgian era 1714 - 1...

Attributed to Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London) Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures, satirical drawings, a... More

A high wind in the park! / J. Baker fect., British Cartoon Print

A high wind in the park! / J. Baker fect., British Cartoon Print

Print shows a strong wind blowing down men, women, and children, catching up dresses, hats, and umbrellas, and tearing limbs from trees. Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress).

Verlegenheiten. No. 8, Ach! wenn ich nur die Schachtel nicht hätte Dieu! Que celle boile m'embarasse M. Schwind del. ; lith. Inst

Verlegenheiten. No. 8, Ach! wenn ich nur die Schachtel nicht hätte Die...

Print shows a woman walking into a strong wind that has blown her hat off her head; she is carrying packages in her hands, so she is unable to hold it on her head. Parallel text in German and French.

Sunshū ejiri, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Sunshū ejiri, Katsushika Hokusai - Ukiyo e print

Print shows several wayfarers struggling against a strong wind that is blowing away hats and papers; Mount Fuji in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo p... More

Yokkaichi Color Woodcut Print  1833-1833 AD

Yokkaichi Color Woodcut Print 1833-1833 AD

Print shows a man running along an earthen wharf, chasing his hat which the wind has blown off; another person stands on a wooden portion of the pier, and there is a small fishing village on the left. Title and... More

Kakegawa, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain  drawing

Kakegawa, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain drawing

Print shows travelers crossing a bridge on a windy day, a kite flies overhead, and workers in a rice paddy in the background. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print ... More

Frieze on the Tower of the Winds, Athens

Frieze on the Tower of the Winds, Athens

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pilot chart of the South Atlantic nautical chart

Pilot chart of the South Atlantic nautical chart

Shows prevailing wind direction by month. "No. 1. Series C." The pilot charts were released as series C a part of Maury's "Wind and current charts", series A-F. These charts were designed for sailing ships and... More

Temple of the Winds - Public domain albumen print photograph

Temple of the Winds - Public domain albumen print photograph

In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, p. 3. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with ... More

winds from "Bibliothek geographischer Handbücher. Herausgegeben von ... F. Ratzel"

winds from "Bibliothek geographischer Handbücher. Herausgegeben von ....

This image has been taken from scan 000196 from volume 13 of "Bibliothek geographischer Handbücher. Herausgegeben von ... F. Ratzel". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, cr... More

map from "[Our Earth and its Story: a popular treatise on physical geography. Edited by R. Brown. With ... coloured plates and maps, etc.]"

map from "[Our Earth and its Story: a popular treatise on physical geo...

This image has been taken from scan 000345 from volume 02 of "[Our Earth and its Story: a popular treatise on physical geography. Edited by R. Brown. With ... coloured plates and maps, etc.]". The title and sub... More

[Six figures: 1. View of ancient Athens; 2. Western front of the Parthenon; 3. The temple of Theseus; 4. The Tower of the Winds; 5. The Choragian monument of Lysicrates; 6. Temple of Segesta in Sicily] / G. Heck, dirt. ; Henry Winkles sculp.

[Six figures: 1. View of ancient Athens; 2. Western front of the Parth...

Illus. in: Iconographic encyclopaedia of science, literature, and art / Johann G. Heck. New York : Published by Rudolph Garrigue, 1851, division 7, pl. 9.

Pilot chart of the coast of Brazil nautical chart

Pilot chart of the coast of Brazil nautical chart

Shows prevailing wind direction by month. Original date appears on map:1849. "This chart is on the plan of Pilot Chart North Atlantic. The only difference between the two is that in the North Atlantic, the wind... More

Winds & Waves - Early photography, Public domain image

Winds & Waves - Early photography, Public domain image

John Dillwyn Llewelyn (British, Swansea, Wales 1810–1882 Swansea, Wales) Public domain photograph, 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pilot chart of the North Atlantic nautical chart

Pilot chart of the North Atlantic nautical chart

Shows prevailing wind direction by month. "Series C. No. 1." "New edition corrected 1857." The pilot charts were released as series C a part of Maury's "Wind and current charts", series A-F. These charts were ... More

The American falls from the Cave of the Winds

The American falls from the Cave of the Winds

Drawing shows Niagara Falls from the side and below, from the vantage point of the Cave of the Winds. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853. Originally 1 of 37 d... More

Picryl description: Public domain image of portrait, 18th century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Picryl description: Public domain image of portrait, 18th century prin...

Public domain image of portrait, 17th century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description image - Picryl description