This collection brings together a range of scenes spanning four centuries, all connected by their portrayal of or allusion to rain. The specific focus here has been on landscapes and seascapes, particularly pastoral scenes.
A View across a River near Dordrecht (?) about 1665
Ludolf Backhuysen I (1630–1708)
Oil on oak
H 34.1 x W 47.8 cm
The National Gallery, London
Carlo Bonavia (active 1740–1788)
Oil on canvas
H 126.5 x W 207 cm
Compton Verney
A Shipwreck in Stormy Seas 1773
Claude-Joseph Vernet (1714–1789)
Oil on canvas
H 114.5 x W 163.5 cm
The National Gallery, London
Whitby Harbour 1836
George Chambers Senior (1803–1840)
Oil on canvas
H 101.6 x W 132.1 cm
Nottingham City Museums & Galleries
Stormy Weather near Ambleside, Cumbria 1846
Henry Dawson (1811–1878)
Oil on canvas
H 44 x W 54 cm
Nottingham City Museums & Galleries
Rainy Weather: Horses in a Stream 1848
Eduard Hildebrandt (1818–1869)
Oil on canvas
H 39.4 x W 57.8 cm
Paintings Collection
The Rainbow 1862
Henry Clarence Whaite (1828–1912)
Oil on canvas
H 139.7 x W 241.6 cm
Nottingham City Museums & Galleries
Chalk Farm Road from Haverstock Hill c.1880–1890
Robert Finlay McIntyre (c.1846–1906)
Oil on board
H 20.3 x W 30.5 cm
Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre
Grainger Street, Newcastle upon Tyne 1902
Louis Hubbard Grimshaw (1870–1944)
Oil on board
H 28.7 x W 43.8 cm
Laing Art Gallery
Night Scene at the Royal Hall, Harrogate 1913
John Pearson
Oil on board
H 75 x W 106 cm
North Yorkshire Council
A Rainy Day at Kingston, Surrey 1915
Jan de Clerck (1881–1962)
Oil on canvas
H 76.5 x W 120 cm
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames
The South Downs 1947
John H. S. Firth (1912–c.1970)
Oil on wood
H 8.5 x W 15 cm
Nottingham City Museums & Galleries
C-Type No. 20, Night 1951
Roy Anthony Nockolds (1911–1979)
Oil on canvas
H 75 x W 100 cm
Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust
Paritosh Sen (1918–2008)
Oil on canvas
H 79 x W 93.5 cm
Leicestershire County Council Artworks Collection
Elinor Bellingham-Smith (1906–1988)
Oil on canvas
H 101.6 x W 152.4 cm
Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre
Rainbow in a Landscape over a River 1985
Steve Megson (active 1985–1986)
Oil on board
H 118.2 x W 118.6 cm
Kirkcudbright Academy Endowment Trust Collection

The Miners' Strike (Yorkshire) 1985
Georg Eisler (1928–1998)
Oil on canvas
H 80 x W 100 cm
Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, mima
Lady's Tower, Elie 1994
Robbie Watkins (active 1994–c.2005)
Oil on canvas
H 58.6 x W 41 cm
Waid Academy
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Elinor Bellingham-Smith (1906–1988)
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S. Reynolds
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Steve Megson
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Paritosh Sen (1918–2008)
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Louis Hubbard Grimshaw (1870–1944)
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Robert Finlay McIntyre (c.1846–1906)
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Eduard Hildebrandt (1818–1869)
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Roy Anthony Nockolds (1911–1979)
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Henry Clarence Whaite (1828–1912)
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Carlo Bonavia
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