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Novalis. "Hymns to the Night." Rampolli: Growths from a Long-Planted Root, translated by George MacDonald, Longmans, Green, 1897. Originally published 1800.

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Bentley, Wilson Alwyn. [Snow Crystal]. c. 1910, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

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Also under the Weather: What Falls (snow, cold)

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Whistler, James McNeill. Nocturne, Blue and Silver: Battersea Reach. c. 1872–1878, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston.

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Also under the Weather: The Sky (fog, overcast)

Steichen, Edward. Moonlight: The Pond. 1904, printed 1906.

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Field, Michael. "The Depths of the Grass." Wild Honey from Various Thyme, T. Fisher Unwin, 1908.date as captioned (1898); verify edition

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Pessoa, Fernando. The Book of Disquiet. Translated by Richard Zenith, Penguin, 2002. Fragment written c. 1913; first assembled and published 1982.translation in copyright

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Naidu, Sarojini. "Palanquin-Bearers." The Golden Threshold, William Heinemann, 1906.

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Also under the Weather: The Air (wind)

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Dickinson, Emily. "There's a certain Slant of light." c. 1861. Emily Dickinson Archive, Houghton Library, Harvard University.

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Monet, Claude. Stacks of Wheat (End of Summer). 1890–1891, Art Institute of Chicago.

SourceArt Institute of Chicago

Ramón y Cajal, Santiago. A Purkinje Neuron from the Human Cerebellum. c. 1900, Wikimedia Commons.

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Brigman, Anne. Infinitude. c. 1910.hosted scan may carry separate rights — consider sourcing museum copy

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SourceThe Met

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SourceProject Gutenberg

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SourceUniversity of Pennsylvania

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Fisher, M. F. K. The Gastronomical Me. Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1943.in copyright — actively republished

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Davis, Harold. Salad Mandala. 2020.living photographer — active commercial licensing

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SourceRoyal Museums Greenwich

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Conditions: fog, overcast

Whistler, James McNeill. Nocturne, Blue and Silver: Battersea Reach. c. 1872–1878, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston.

SourceGardner Museum

Conditions: fog, overcast · Also under the Hours: Hush

Bentley, Wilson Alwyn. [Snow Crystal]. c. 1910, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

SourceThe Met

Conditions: snow, cold · Also under the Hours: Hush

Unknown. Diagram of the Winds (I). c. 1170–1200, The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MS W.73.

SourceThe Digital Walters

Conditions: wind · Also under the Hours: Transit