Rain Collection (page 4)

Flooded out in Lincolnshire 1869
Extraordinary quantity of rain that fell in Britain in three weeks, causing flooding of many rivers. A family taking all their possessions including grandfather clock and farm animals to dryer lands

A Spring Shower in London 1866
A scene in Bank, London, where victorian people are trying to get out of the rain. Date: April 1866

Tragedy in the shadow of Big Ben: The breached wall in Grosvenor Road, sandbagged after the sudden floods devastated Westminster and Rotherhithe and caused fourteen deaths. January 1928

Come rain or shine, or snow... this dedicated English postman delivers letters in the village. Date: 1960s

Casey Jones on Board Date: 1948

Driving in the Rain Date: 1950

All-Weather Fisherman Date: 1950

Neither Sleet nor... Date: 1947
Neither Sleet nor.... Date: 1947

Prince of Wales / Prince Henry salute returning Duke of York
Edward Prince of Wales (1894-1972) (later King Edward VIII) and Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900-1974) salute the return of Albert

Under Police Protection - small dog sheltering
Under Police Protection - a lady Police Officer provides some shelter from a typical English deluge for a little dog beneath the skirt of her smart blue uniform. Date: circa 1909

A Rain-beau c. 1790
A Rain-beau - a fashionable young man wearing a tall pilgrim or Puritan-style hat, striped waistcoat, short boots revealing striped stockings, tight breeches, and carrying a parasol or umbrella

Inundations in France 1856
The Great Flood of 1856, Sudden and massive rise in the water levels coursed floods in Southern France, engraving showing the city of Lyon under-water

Floods at Windsor 1869
Extraordinary quantity of rain that fell in Britain in three weeks, causing flooding of many rivers. People being rescued from their homes in a flood in Windsor. Date: January 1869

Native African sorcerer rain-maker. Date: circa 1860

INDIAN PYTHON
The Indian Python or Indian Rock Python, is a snake found in India, especially in the mangrove forest, scrub jungle and cool dense rain forests. Date: 1970s

FALL / SHETLANDSHEEPDOG / 55
SULTAN & HALLINWOOD GOLDEN RAIN. Sitting side by side. Owner:Bellas-Simpson Date: 1955

POLICE / TRAFFIC DUTY / RAIN
A policeman on horseback directs the London traffic and helps pedestrians cross the road in the pouring rain. Date: 1931

BRAZIL / AMAZON C1890
Amazon river: with lush vegetation Date: circa 1890

RAIN IN THE CITY
Rain in a city street. Date: 1920

Elegant Ladies in Shower
Two elegant Parisiennes are caught in a shower : let us hope that their robes dapres- midi by Doeuillet are not irrecoverably ruined ! Date: 1913

Starting to Spit
Is it starting to spit ? Date: 1881

NUN IN THE RAIN
Taking the veil may protect her from contact with sin, but even a nun needs an umbrella to keep off the rain... Date: 1900

SELLING CAULIFLOWERS
Fresh cauliflowers being sold in a rainy street from a donkey-drawn barrow Date: 1887

YU-CHE, LORD OF RAIN
YU-CHE the Lord of the Rain Date: 1915

Rain on Yorkshire Coast 1856
Oh! My Goodness! Its Beginning To Rain! - A sketch on the Yorkshire Coast. People run for shelter or put up their umbrellas as the rain begins to fall. Date: 1856

LITTLE WOMEN / UMBRELLA / JO
Jo with the Professor under the umbrella. Date: First published: 1868

Woman in Christmas outfit, posting letters, rain
A lady braves the winter rain to post her Christmas cards Date: 1928

Cartoon, Pic-nic
How very fortunate we are with the weather; it would have been so provoking to have brought our umbrellas and then to have had a fine day! Date: 1851

RAIN TO ORDER
A farmer directs the rain- making airship to where he wants his crops watered Date: 1926

DANCING FOR RAIN, SERBIA
RAINMAKING, SERBIA In times of drought, young Dodoles go from village to village in costumes garnished with foliage, dancing while the peasants water the ground Date: 1912

FLEET ST IN THE RAIN
A rainy day in Fleet Street, looking up towards St Pauls Date: 1895

SOCIAL / LUDGATE HILL 20C
A winters day on Ludgate Hill, London - horse buses and carts in the rain Date: 1905

NOAHS ARK
The reason why some species became extinct is because Noah couldnt find even a single couple who believed him when he told them it looked like rain

Wet day in Piccadilly, Central London
A wet day in Piccadilly, Central London, with pedestrians and a hansom cab. Date: 1886

Walking in the Rain

Advertisement for the Burberry weatherproof overcoat. Date: 1930

Porter at the Castle Douglas cattle market, Scotland
Portrait of a porter in the rain at the Castle Douglas cattle market, Dumfries and Galloway, SW Scotland. He wears a heavy waterproof and looks directly at the camera Date: 2004

Tourists carrying umbrellas on temporary walkway, Venice
Tourists carrying umbrellas march along a temporary walkway to keep their feet dry during floods at St Mark s, Venice Date: 2013

Woman gives up trying to keep dry - floods, Venice
A woman gives up trying to keep dry in the floods in St Marks Square, Venice, She wades straight though the water while tourists queue on the temporary walkways Date: 2013

Kissing in the rain - St Marks, Venice
A man and woman put their umbrellas aside as they stop to kiss on a lampost in St Marks Square, Venice, Italy. It is raining heavily and the square is flooded Date: 2013

Rear view of man walking Belmont Bank, Shrewsbury
Rear view of man walking Belmont Bank, a cobbled street in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, on a wet winter day Date: 2019

A woman flower seller in a Paris street market, France. It is pouring with rain and she is covered with a waterproof coat

Couple in deep thought, Mstricht, Holland
A couple - he in military coat and hat, she in long winter coat - walk along the cobbles on Corversplein beside the Meuse River in Mstricht, Holland

Fisherman in Robin Hoods Bay, Yorkshire
A fisherman carries a lobster pot up the cobbled slipway at Robin Hoods Bay, North Yorkshire, England. It is a wet winters day and he wears wellington boots and oilskin waterproofs

Penkridge market, Staffs
Men talk in the rain outside the market office at Penkridge market, Staffordshire Date: 1990

Fish stall Normandy, France
A woman serves in a fish stall in Normandy, France. Theres a customer with a small black dog which is watching a man huddled against the rain and cold Date: 1988

Child with umbrella, Brittany, France
A child hidden beneath a big umbrella walks past beach huts on a beach at Port Manech, near Concarneau, Southern Brittany, France. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1988

Peak District, Derbyshire, bleak winter
Peak District, Derbyshire - dark clouds, stone walls and sheep in winter. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1988

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