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

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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.

Foochow, Fukien province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1870/1871.

A man influenced by the fashion for hydropathy stands in the rain and encounters a friend. Lithograph, c. 1845.

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

Rainfall and climate in India / by Sir Joseph Fayrer.

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

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

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Rain

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Images referencing Rain

Works from the collections

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

Rainfall and climate in India / by Sir Joseph Fayrer.

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

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.

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

Rain

Images from the collections

Images referencing Rain

Works from the collections

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

Rainfall and climate in India / by Sir Joseph Fayrer.

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

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.

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

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