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.

22 artworks
A View across a River near Dordrecht (?)
Image credit: The National Gallery, London

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

Storm off a Rocky Coast
Image credit: Compton Verney

Storm off a Rocky Coast 1757

Carlo Bonavia (active 1740–1788)

Oil on canvas

H 126.5 x W 207 cm

Compton Verney

A Shipwreck in Stormy Seas
Image credit: The National Gallery, London

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

Lakeland Landscape 1795–1805

unknown artist

Oil on canvas

H 42.5 x W 53.3 cm

York Museums Trust

Whitby Harbour
Image credit: Nottingham City Museums & Galleries

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
Image credit: 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
Image credit: Victoria and Albert Museum, London

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
Image credit: Nottingham City Museums & Galleries

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
Image credit: Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre

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
Image credit: Laing Art Gallery

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
© the copyright holder. Image credit: North Yorkshire Council

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
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames

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
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Nottingham City Museums & Galleries

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
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust

C-Type No. 20, Night 1951

Roy Anthony Nockolds (1911–1979)

Oil on canvas

H 75 x W 100 cm

Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust

Storm over Berkshire
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Reading Museum

Storm over Berkshire 1959

Cecil Willett (1899–1962)

Oil on canvas

H 54.5 x W 64 cm

Reading Museum

Rain over Benares, India
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Leicestershire County Council Artworks Collection

Rain over Benares, India 1962

Paritosh Sen (1918–2008)

Oil on canvas

H 79 x W 93.5 cm

Leicestershire County Council Artworks Collection

The Sky over Wattisham
© the artist's estate. Image credit: Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London

The Sky over Wattisham 1966

Elinor Bellingham-Smith (1906–1988)

Oil on canvas

H 101.6 x W 152.4 cm

Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre

Rainy Street Scene*
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Nottingham College

Rainy Street Scene* c.1980

S. Reynolds

Oil on canvas

H 101 x W 126.5 cm

Nottingham College

Rainbow in a Landscape over a River
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Kirkcudbright Academy Endowment Trust Collection

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)
© Georg and Alice Eisler Foundation/Georg Eisler Archive, Vienna. Image credit: Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, mima

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
© the copyright holder. Image credit: Waid Academy

Lady's Tower, Elie 1994

Robbie Watkins (active 1994–c.2005)

Oil on canvas

H 58.6 x W 41 cm

Waid Academy

Heavy Rain
© the artist. Image credit: Loughborough University

Heavy Rain 1997

Margaret Chatburn (b.1953)

Oil on canvas

H 92 x W 92 cm

Loughborough University