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Rain

Liquid water in the form of droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor and then precipitated

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Images referencing Rain

34 images from works
  • A girl looking through a window on a rainy day, disappointed that her walk outside will be cancelled. Photoengraving, 1857, after S. Anderson.
  • Iris, Aesculapius and Flora routing death. Mezzotint by J.J. Haid, 1737, after J.W. Baumgartner.
  • Aeolus, at the request of Juno, opens a door in a mountainside, releasing the winds that will wreck the fleet of Aeneas; representing the element air. Engraving by C. Dupuis, 1718, after Louis de Boullogne the younger.
  • A woman walking in the rain as a figure in the clouds pours a bucket; representing Aquarius in the astrological year. Lithograph after S. Tresca after L. Lafitte.
  • An African shaman and rain-maker in his/her ritual costume. Wood engraving.
  • A storm at sea, with a sailing ship being wrecked on rocks. Etching by Claude Lorrain, ca. 1635-1640.
  • Foochow, Fukien province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870/1871.
  • Meteorology: atmospheric effects. Coloured engraving by J. Emslie, 1846, after himself.
  • A man is standing on the banks of a river with a fishing line in the water, he is hunched against the very wet and windy weather. Coloured process print after J. Leech.
  • Geography: monsoons at sea, with rain. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.

Works from the collections

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    • Books
    • Online

    Ocean rainfall : with charts and tables, 1864-1875 / by W.G. Black.

    William George Black | Date: [1878]
    • Books
    • Online

    Rainfall and climate in India / by Sir Joseph Fayrer.

    Joseph Fayrer | Date: [1881]
    • Pictures

    Agricultural labourers harvesting a crop in the rain, on the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō highway. Colour woodcut by Hiroshige, 1849/1853.

    Utagawa Hiroshige | Date: 1849/1853 | Reference: 37276i
    • Pictures

    Aeolus, at the request of Juno, opens a door in a mountainside, releasing the winds that will wreck the fleet of Aeneas; representing the element air. Engraving by C. Dupuis, 1718, after Louis de Boullogne the younger.

    Louis de Boullogne | Date: 1718 | Reference: 23945i
    • Pictures

    Winter weather, associated with the struggle of high art against competition from lowlife artists. Etching by P. Testa, 1641.

    Pietro Testa | Date: [1641?] | Reference: 3162937i
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Weather
Water Supply
Water
Clouds
Ships
India
Ocean
Air
Chariots
Peafowl

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