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De Morgan (Evelyn, 1855-1919). Boreas, a study for Boreas and the Fallen Leaves, circa 1910-1914, coloured chalks and pastel on buff paper, head and shoulders portrait, half-profile turned to the left, his lips pursed and arms outstretched, visible sheet size 29.8 x 22 cm (11 3/4 x 8 3/4 ins), framed and glazed (41 x 31.5 cm) (Quantity: 1) Provenance: Private Collection, UK, thence by descent. The present work is a study for the figure of the ancient Greek god Boreas in Boreas and the Fallen Leaves, held by the De Morgan Foundation (Object Number P EDM 0044), which shows Boreas swirling round a large gnarled tree, with the leaves depicted as maidens with golden hair being blown to the ground. Boreas is the ancient Greek god of the north wind, and the most important of the four wind gods. He was winged and had two faces: one to see where he was going and one to see where he had come from.