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

Boreas, holding a trumpet in the form of a conch, heralds the coming winter, being the bringer of cold winter air

The Tower of the Winds is also called the Horologion of Andronicus of Cyrrhus

1762

1 print : engraving ; platemark 24.4 x 35.6 cm

Boreas, the north wind, from the Temple of the Winds, at Athens. Jam.s Basire sculp.t. "Boreas" is carved on the frieze in Greek letters

Wellcome Collection 2189091i