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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.
  • A depressive man standing by a country pond in the pouring rain - not helping his state of mind. Wood engraving, 1869.
  • A dutiful volunteer soldier at his post in the rain even though he has a bad cold. Wood engraving after J. Leech, 1846.
  • Actors in a confrontation before a gate in the rain. Colour woodcut by Yoshitaki, early 1860s.
  • A cockaded Frenchman and his female companion are struggling with their umbrellas through a rain shower; representing the month April. Chromolithograph.
  • Geography: water spouts at sea, with rain. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.
  • A woman standing at the wet roadside holding an umbrella against the rain. Colour lithograph after L. Cusden.
  • Foochow, Fukien province, China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1870/1871.
  • The Midlothian campaign of 1879-1880: William Gladstone runs to relieve an old woman of her burden; representing his intention to relieve Midlothian of the burden caused by fraudulent voting and land laws. Wood engraving by A. Mantrop, 1879/1880.
  • Juno in a chariot drawn by two peacocks flying through the sky surrounded by nymphs and cherubs, Jupiter on the ground trying to lock up a group of putti, symbolising the element air. Etching by F. Bartolozzi, 1796, after F. Albani.
  • A French hospital for wounded soldiers, World War I: 8.30 am, nurses arrive for work in the rain, then change into their uniforms. Colour lithograph after L. Ibels, 1916.
  • A hot-air balloon leaves the ground in driving rain. Coloured wood engraving.
  • A family group out in heavy rain, the woman is under an umbrella, the disgruntled husband is following with two children. Lithograph.
  • Actors on a bridge at night: two heavily armed warriors (Yoroku and Usumaru) confront a youth (Saraka-maru). Colour woodcut by Kunisada I, 1857.
  • Rabbi Dr. Philipp and Reverend Lipschitz addressing a group of spectators, in the rain, adjacent to a memorial in Israel to Thomas Guy, founder of Guy's Hospital. Photograph.
  • Juno in a chariot drawn by two peacocks flying through the sky surrounded by nymphs and cherubs, Jupiter on the ground trying to lock up a group of putti: symbolising the element air. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani.
  • Boer War: removing the wounded after the Battle of Elandslaagte. Process print after W. Devar.
  • Singapore: Chinese junks in the rain at Tanjong Katong. Watercolour by J. Taylor, 1879.
  • Malaya: a ship and many small boats off the coast of Penang Island. Watercolour by J. Taylor, 1879.