Rain Collection

Reids Palace Hotel advertisement
Reids Palace Hotel in Madeira, boasting happy sunny days, no rain, no dust...unequalled private sea-bathing, afternoon and evening open air dances, childrens seawater pool, 100 bathing cabins

A Complete Wash-out, by William Heath Robinson
The trials of spring-cleaning as endured on the ark. Please note: Credit must appear as Courtesy of the Estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/ILN/Mary Evans

View of the lagoon from Piazzetta San Marco in the rain. The monolithic column topped by a statue of the Lion of St. Mark

Us-Super Bowl-Prince
US musician Prince performs during half-time 04 February 2007 at Super Bowl XLI at Dolphin Stadium in Miami between the Chicago Bears and the Indianapolis Colts

Type 23 frigate HMS KENT at Sea, south of the Isle of Wight
Portsmouth-based Type 23 frigate HMS KENT at Sea, south of the Isle of Wight. HMS Kent is one of the newest of the Type 23 frigates within the Royal Navy arsenal

Punch and Judy Man (1963)
Actors Nicholas Webb and Tony Hancock in a scene from The Punch and Judy Man in 1963

Kingfisher -Alcedo atthis-, young birds in the rain, Middle Elbe, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

1985 Portuguese Grand Prix: Ayrton Senna 1st position
Estoril, Portugal. 19-21 April 1985. Ayrton Senna (Lotus 97T Renault) 1st position. Ref-85 POR 04. World Copyright - LAT Photographic

Rainy Street, Manchester
A typical English street on a rainy shopping day: an elderly couple use the zebra crossing

Please, Mr Policeman, where is Father Christmas by Matania
In the centre of London, close to Piccadilly Circus, two children stop a policeman from directing traffic to ask him where Father Christmas is

The Jarrow March. The marchers left Jarrow on 5th October 1936. They reached London on 31st October 1936 and they returned to Jarrow on 5th November 1936

CJ9 2372 Hans Beckert, Morris Mini Cooper S
Hans Beckert, Morris Mini Cooper S, Touring Car Racing from the 1960s, a 45 minute race for one or two drivers with a compulsory pit stop, Transatlantic Trophy for Pre 66 Touring Cars

Princess Diana in Berkshire on a stormy day 26th June 1985

Hmong children under umbrella in the monsoon (rainy) season, Sapa, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851). British painter. Rain, Steam an
J.M. W. Turner (1775-1851). British Romantic landscape painter. His work is regarded as a Romantic preface to Impressionism. Rain, Steam and Speed The Great Western Railway (1844)

The Wettest Derby on Record by The Tout, 1927
The Wettest Derby on record in 1927 with numerous well-known personalities of the turf coping with the flooded course with the help of umbrellas and rowing boats. Includes the jockey M

HASSAM: AVENUE IN THE RAIN. The Avenue in the Rain. Oil on canvas by Childe Hassam, 1917

Formula One World Championship: James Hunt McLaren M23 overcame the terrible race conditions
James Hunt (GBR) McLaren M23 overcame the terrible race conditions and a puncture late in the race to take third position and the four points necessary to take his first

Remembering Cartier Bresson
Jose C. Lobato

Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still upon Gibeon, 1816. Creator: John Martin
Joshua Commanding the Sun to Stand Still upon Gibeon, 1816

The Umbrella, 1883. Artist: Bashkirtseva, Maria Konstantinovna (1860-1884)
The Umbrella, 1883. Found in the collection of the State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

Barristers in the Rain
Barristers make their way through the rain along Carey Street from the Inns of Court to the London Law Courts, dressed in their traditional garb Date: 1886

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BLACK AND WHITE VERSION The pack rides in the rain during the 203, 5 km second stage of the 104th edition of the Tour de France cycling race on July 2, 2017 between Dusseldorf, Germany and Liege

Triplet falls, Otway ranges, Victoria, Australia

Rain BB98_05778
Pier Road, Whitby, North Yorkshire. People with raincoats and umbrellas walking beside the harbour in the rain. Photographed by Alfred Newton and Sons 1896-1920

A Gloucestershire Village
Artist: Pickard, Louise - Title: A Gloucestershire Village - Date: 1919 - Original Medium and Size: Oil on Canvas 51 x 71

Postman in the Snow
This stalwart postman does his duty and delivers the post rain or shine, or in this case, thick winter snow. No chance of exceeding the 30 mile per hour speed limit!

St Swithin / Dudley / Maxims
SAINT SWITHIN or SWITHUN Anglo-Saxon ecclesiastic, Bishop of Winchester, associated with a prediction of rain for 40 days

Hindu God Indra
Indra, King of the hindu gods in an early collection of hymns, the Rig Veda. He had authority over the sky; he could rend clouds apart with thunderbolts to make rain

CM30 1426 Nicholas Northeast, Alvis SD 12-50
Nicholas Northeast, Alvis SD 12/50, Pomeroy Trophy, Vintage sports Car Club, VSCC, 15th February 2020, Grand Prix circuit, Silverstone, Towcester, England, bad weather, cars, competition, drizzle

Paris Street; Rainy Day, 1877. Artist: Gustave Caillebotte
Paris Street; Rainy Day, 1877. Found in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago

Soho, London - 2 and 3 Greek Street, the Gay Hussar restaurant and the Soho Wine Market, next to the House of St Barnabas. 1973

Stormy Scarborough
Rough sea and waves lashing the Yorkshire coastline at Scarborough, England, much to the delight of wet holidaymakers! Date: 1950s

Ancient monastic ruins of St. Kevin in the Wicklow Mountains, Glendalough, County Wicklow, Ireland

Double rainbow over a lake surrounded by trees

UK London Oxford Street Shoppers in the rain

Fable / Wind and Sun
THE WIND AND THE SUN Both disputed over who could cause the traveller to shed his cloak; the wind blew strongly, but in the suns gentle heat the man derobed

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Baard Martinussen

Deciduous forest with gnarled trees overgrown by moss and lichen. National park and unesco biosphere reserve Sumava, Czech Republic

CM5 7842 Jonathan Hoad, Van Diemen RF90
Jonathan Hoad, Van Diemen RF90, 1600cc Formula Ford, Walter Hayes Trophy 2014, 2014, Autosport, Formula Ford, heavy rain, historic racing cars, Historic Sports Car Club, HSCC, Jamie Jardine

Supercell thunderstorm, Kansas, USA C017 / 8422
Supercell thunderstorm forming over Sanford, Kansas, USA, at twilight. A supercell thunderstorm is a severe long-lived storm within which the wind speed and direction changes with height

Snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis) after a rain shower. Photographed in Dorset, UK, in February

Rose - with raindrops
ME-2173 Rose - with raindrops Johan De Meester Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

East End Doss House, London
Exterior of a lodging house or doss house in the East End of London, probably Whitechapel. A man and a boy stand outside. A sign above the door reads BEDS 4d. Per Night FOR SINGLE MEN ONLY

Nobody Loves Me by George Studdy
A wet and bedraggled Bonzo, the comic canine creation of George Studdy, is found tied to a lamp post in the pouring rain and forgotten by a policeman with a torch

Rain in Troon
Troon, in Scotland, must be one of the wettest places to be found, if this postcard can be believed

Entrance to the Plaza Hotel on Fifth Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States of America, North America

On the Dockart, Killin, Perthshire, Scotland
Artist: Surtees, John - Title: On the Dockart, Killin, Perthshire, Scotland - Date: 1887 - Original Medium and Size: Oil on Canvas 50.8 x 40.6

Napoleon Leaving the Field of Waterloo, 18th June 1815
Artist: Jones, George - Title: Napoleon Leaving the Field of Waterloo, 18th June 1815 - Date: N/A - Original Medium and Size: Oil on Canvas 58.3 x 90

England, Northumberland, The Pennine Way. A rainbow above the Schil on the England / Scottish Border

Raindrops on leaves of a water lily Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
SAS-231 Raindrops on leaves of a water lily Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany Steffen & Alexandra Sailer Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Hardy / Jude the Obscure
Jude at the mile-stone

A Rough Day, Whitby, North Yorkshire
A Rough Day in Whitby, North Yorkshire. Date: early 20th century

Ralt RT3 in pits, Ayrton Senna, Formula 3 at Thruxton 3rd March 1983. Creator: Unknown
Ralt RT3 in pits, Ayrton Senna, Formula 3 at Thruxton 3rd March 1983

Juruena, Brazil. Forested river bank reflected in the water with no clouds in the sky

The Hiker & Camper 1934
Stylised front cover of The Hiker and Camper magazine featuring an advertisement for Stormgard rain capes, leggings sou westers & rucksacks, all necessary for keen hikers

Customs / Saint Swithin s
According to tradition, if it rains on the 15th of July - St Swithins Day - it will continue to rain for the following 40 days

Eviction in County Kerry, Ireland
A poor family are evicted from their home in County Kerry, Ireland

Two lone figures with umbrellas caught in rain storm, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Water droplet - On bryony tendrill Bedfordshire UK 064
BB-825 Water droplet - On bryony tendrill UK Brian Bevan Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Australia - Kata Tjuta (the Olgas) from the South in rainy conditions. Uluru-kata Tjuta National Park
AU-1726 Australia - Kata Tjuta (the Olgas) from the South in rainy conditions. Uluru-kata Tjuta National Park, Northern Territory. The site is sacred to the indigenous people

Map of Peru 1683 Mallet
Perou. A map showing a coastal part of South America on the South Pacific. Both the equator and tropic of Capricorn are given

View of rainclouds gathering over sand banks of river estuary at sunrise, village of Instow on opposite bank, West Appledore, River Torridge, North Devon, England, August

Reflections in a puddle on a road in the Trossachs Scotland UK
Ashley Cooper / SpecialistStock

Actress Gail Grainger, who plays Shirley Hughes in the play "The Man Most Likely to
Actress Gail Grainger, who plays Shirley Hughes in the play " The Man Most Likely to..." at the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool

CJ9 2468 William Dyrdal, Paul Dyrdal, Morris Mini Cooper S
William Dyrdal, Paul Dyrdal, Morris Mini Cooper S, Touring Car Racing from the 1960s, a 45 minute race for one or two drivers with a compulsory pit stop, Transatlantic Trophy for Pre 66 Touring Cars

Picture shows on the left, the curved building, The Great Western Hotel. The Great Western Hotel had been a grand building which curved around the junction of High Street and Alexandra Road

CM32 4195 Jim Catnach, Riley Sports
Jim Catnach, Riley Sports, Pomeroy Trophy, Vintage sports Car Club, VSCC, Grand Prix circuit, Silverstone, Towcester, England.Silverstone Northamptonshire, England, 19th February 2022

Virginia Wetherell Actress - Jul 1968 arrives at Granada Studios in manchester

Emerald Lake in the Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada. Canoa at sunset

1930 Junior Car Club Double 12 Race: A. Frazer-Nash / G. Poppe Works entry
Brooklands, England. 9-10 May 1930. A. Frazer-Nash/G. Poppe (Austin Seven) Works entry. Ref-Motor 754/2. World Copyright - LAT Photographic

Vallee de Mai in Praslin National Park, Praslin, Republic of Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Humour rain umbrella St. Swithin 19th century cartoon
This is a cartoon etching by the well-known Victorian social caricaturist / cartoonist George Cruikshank (1792 - 1878), dated November 1st, 1829

Periscope and All by Gerald C. Hudson, WW1
Humorous cartoon depicting the grimness of life in the trenches. THOMAS (encountering a pal on the surface of a flooded crater): Lor! Enry, ow you did make me jump. I thought you was a submarine

CHOPIN: PRELUDE, c1838. Autograph manuscript of Frederic Chopins Prelude No. 15 in D-flat Major, known as the Raindrop prelude (Op. 28, No. 15), c1838

Lightning shoots from a summer thunderstorm as the sun sets behind it, Okavango Delta, Botswana

A view of the colonial-era fortress El Morro Cabana in Havana
A view of the colonial-era fortress " El Morro Cabana" in Havana, Cuba, November 10, 2019. Picture taken on November 10, 2019. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

CM30 1130 Klaus-Peter Mutschler, Audi TT
Klaus-Peter Mutschler, Audi TT, Pomeroy Trophy, Vintage sports Car Club, VSCC, 15th February 2020, Grand Prix circuit, Silverstone, Towcester, England, bad weather, cars, competition, drizzle, event

Unveiling of the Royal Scots Grey Memorial, Princes Street
The unveiling ceremony of the Royal Scots Grey Memorial by William Birnie Rhind (1853 - 1933), West Gardens Cottage, Princes St, Edinburgh, Scotland - by Earl of Rosebery on 16th November 1906

access, cloud, cloud computing, color image, concept, connection, copy space, data
Data raining from cloud

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Grizzly Bear - pair hugging in the rain Digital Manipulation: closed eyes altered colour created sky rainbow & rain Grizzly Bear - pair hugging in the rain Digital Manipulation

CM12 5710 Graham Barron, Gemini Mk II, Mike Walker, Bond FJ
Graham Barron, Gemini Mk II, Mike Walker, Bond FJ, FJHRA, Historic Formula Junior, Front Engined Formula Junior, 50th Anniversary, HSCC, Historic Sports Car Club, Castle Combe, April 2016

Storm over Ocean Western BONAIRE, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean
Storm over Ocean, Western Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean

Times Square In The Rain
High-angle view looking north of rainy Times Square from the top of the Times Tower (now One Times Square) at the intersection of Broadway and Seventh Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, New York

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"Rain: A Symphony of Nature's Tears" Step into a world where raindrops dance upon the earth, creating an enchanting melody that soothes the soul. From the luxurious Reids Palace Hotel in Madeira to the comical illustrations of William Heath Robinson's "A Complete Wash-out, " rain takes center stage in various forms. Intriguingly, even legendary musicians like Prince have paid homage to rain during his iconic Super Bowl performance. Just as St Swithin and Dudley sought shelter at Maxims, it has been both a companion and an adversary throughout history. One cannot forget the resilience displayed by the brave marchers of The Jarrow March as they trudged through relentless downpours on their journey for justice. Their determination mirrored J. M. W Turner's captivating painting "Rain, Steam and Speed, " capturing nature's raw power with every brushstroke. Across continents, Childe Hassam immortalized rainy scenes in his masterpiece "Avenue in the Rain, " transporting us to a wet New York City street bustling with life. Matania's heartwarming illustration "Please, Mr Policeman, where is Father Christmas?" reminds us that even amidst rainfall, joy can be found. From nostalgic photographs like Rain BB98_05778 and Rainy Street in Manchester to Hmong children seeking refuge under umbrellas in Vietnam's monsoon season – rain unites us all under its watery embrace. Even naval vessels like HMS KENT navigate stormy seas south of Isle of Wight while Type 23 frigate battles against nature’s fury. Through it all, rain remains a constant force shaping our lives and reminding us of our connection to this magnificent planet we call home. So let us revel in the beauty and power – whether it be cascading from dark clouds or gently tapping on windowpanes – for within its droplets lie stories waiting to be told.