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  • Two peasants hold a red robe; cherubs blow wind and Mercury rests on water below; representing a stage in the process of alchemy. Coloured etching, ca. 18th century.
  • A potter is running towards a large jug which a blast of wind from a cherub in the clouds has shattered; illustration of a fable by J. Ogilby. Etching.
  • The Christ Child sleeps as a bridegroom in the believer's heart, making it safe as a bride from wind and storm raging outside. Engraving by A. Wierix, ca. 1600.
  • The Christ Child sleeps as a bridegroom in the believer's heart, making it safe as a bride from wind and storm raging outside. Engraving by A. Wierix, ca. 1600.
  • A storm of thunder and lightning, rain, wind and floods threaten an ancient town on the sea-coast; representing conflict. Engraving by S. à Bolswert after Sir P.P. Rubens.
  • A cleric saws through a wooden platform on which are draped the 'Magna Charta' and the 'Bill of Rights' in front of a mill bearing political issues on the wind blades. Engraving.
  • The cause of stomach troubles : being a treatise on the successful treatment of such disorders as: indigestion, dyspepsia, heartburn, acidity, flatulence, flushed face, waterbrash, wind, etc. by Bisurated Magnesia / Bismag Limited.
  • The cause of stomach troubles : being a treatise on the successful treatment of such disorders as: indigestion, dyspepsia, heartburn, acidity, flatulence, flushed face, waterbrash, wind, etc. by Bisurated Magnesia / Bismag Limited.
  • The cause of stomach troubles : being a treatise on the successful treatment of such disorders as: indigestion, dyspepsia, heartburn, acidity, flatulence, flushed face, waterbrash, wind, etc. by Bisurated Magnesia / Bismag Limited.
  • The cause of stomach troubles : being a treatise on the successful treatment of such disorders as: indigestion, dyspepsia, heartburn, acidity, flatulence, flushed face, waterbrash, wind, etc. by Bisurated Magnesia / Bismag Limited.
  • A young woman's wig and hat being swept away by a gust of wind; behind her a young man is laughing, to the left stand an amused couple. Engraving by J. Caldwell, 1771, after J. Collet.
  • A man in Buenos Aires is holding on to the skirts of a woman as she is being blown away by the wind that has caught in her large head dress. Lithograph by C.H. Bacle.
  • The prophet Elisha, inspired by the music of a minstrel, tells the kings of Israel, Judah and Edom that their lands will be irrigated without the aid of rain or wind. Engraving after Jan van der Straet.
  • 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.
  • A group of male and a female naked body, one lying down with the words: 'Offensiv Positiv - frischer Wind aus Südwest'' [Positive offensive - fresh wind from the Southwest]; an advertisement for the 4th Federal Assembly of people with HIV and AIDS from 8 to 11 September 1994 at the Hotel Maritim in Stuttgartin organized by the Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe eV, with the support of the Ministry for Health, the BZgA . Colour lithograph by Hannes Steinert and Wolfgang Mudra.
  • A traveller is sitting in the shade of a tree with his cloak off and he is shown in the background buffetted by the wind, wrapping his cloak around him. Etching by W. Hollar for a fable by Aesop.
  • A strong north wind blowing a yacht and trees on an estuary, people out in the cold, and, above, the zodiacal sign of Pisces (fish); representing the month February. Etching by W. Hollar, ca. 1628, after J. van de Velde II.
  • Bridges: a drawbridge, details of the winding mechanism. Engraving.
  • A wizened old woman with her dog, with the story of their bravery at the battles of Belgrade and Dettinghen. Line engraving, c.1743, after Winder.
  • A mother and daughter reviewing embroidery made by the daughter; a yarn-winder stands nearby. Engraving by F.B. Lépicié, 1740, after J.B.S. Chardin.
  • Textiles: lace making, winding threads. Engraving by R. Benard after Lucotte.
  • Rope-making, showing weights and different ways of winding. Engraving by Prevost.
  • Simla, India: roads winding down from the telegraph office. Photograph, ca. 1900.
  • Clocks: James Cox's "perpetual motion" self-winding clock. Engraving by J. Lodge, 1774.
  • A man winding a large cider press. Engraving, late 18th century (?).
  • A woman winding thread onto spindles (?). Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • The Infant's Preservative : for complaints in the bowels of infants, as wind, gripes, convulsions, &c. for preventing the tooth fever, and rendering the operation of dentition easy and free from danger, for preventing the rickets, and for laying the foundation of a good constitution / prepared by John Atkinson.
  • A Chinese lady at winding up a yarn. Painting by a Chinese artist, ca. 1850.
  • A woman is winding cotton around the stems of flowers. Coloured lithograph by Charles Philipon.
  • A woman is working at large rollers winding cotton onto reels. Coloured lithograph after J.R. Barfoot.